Australian Women Artists

  • Naata Nungurrayi : the late works (deluxe edition)

    # 47300

    McGREGOR, Ken; SIMON, Christopher

    Naata Nungurrayi : the late works (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2015. Quarto, decorated cloth in matching slipcase, pp. 23, plus 155 images of works by the artist, enhanced by the inclusion of six original photographs of the artist by Ken McGregor, each signed by the mark ‘X’ by the artist, and with an original etching by Nungurrayi, limited to 20 copies, …

  • Hertha Kluge-Pott : printmaker (deluxe edition)

    # 47299

    MADDOCKS, Hilary

    Hertha Kluge-Pott : printmaker (deluxe edition)

    With an introduction by Roger Butler and contributions by Caroline Field, Inge King & Jenny Zimmer. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2015. Quarto, lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 367, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to only 30 copies, presented in a cloth slipcase, with an original signed etching loosely enclosed title ‘Trace of a …

  • Di Bresciani : compositions in colour

    # 47406

    KERSHAW, Pam et al.

    Di Bresciani : compositions in colour

    With contributions by Pam Kershaw, Piers Lane, Wanda Naeff, Maria Prendergast, Margaret Rutter, Berek Segan, Sue Smith, Frances Thomson, David Williamson. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 175, illustrated. The paintings of Di Bresciani, artist and musician, are currently exhibited at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville to coincide with the …

  • Melinda Harper

    # 47399

    McGREGOR, Ken and ZIMMER, Jenny

    Melinda Harper

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 140, illustrated. Melinda Harper is a young artist who came into prominence in the 1990s as a member of the ‘Store 5’ group who actively sought to reinstate geometric abstraction in the contemporary art scene. Her paintings are a celebration of colour, forming a …

  • Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection (deluxe limited edition)

    # 47398

    GRAY, Anne; JORDAN, Caroline; HOOPER, Juliana

    Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection (deluxe limited edition)

    Melbourne : Almaled Pty. Ltd., 2020. Quarto, 280 x 245 mm, gilt-lettered cloth with insert illustration by Dora Meeson, pp. [x]; 244, illustrated, housed in a gilt-lettered slipcase with ribbon drawer. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, individually numbered, with an additional portrait of Andrée Harkness not found in the trade edition. The rare …

  • Cutting through time. Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print

    # 47396

    SMITH, Jason

    Cutting through time. Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print

    Geelong : Geelong Gallery, 2024. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated. Fine copy. Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name. Quickly sold out. ‘This exceptionally beautiful Geelong Gallery-curated exhibition will examine the influence of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) on the famed contemporary Australian painter and printmaker, Cressida Campbell (born 1960), and on the …

  • Margaret Olley : painter, peer, mentor, muse (from the library of Criss Canning)

    # 47392

    PORTER, Renée

    Margaret Olley : painter, peer, mentor, muse (from the library of Criss Canning)

    Sydney, NSW : National Trust, [2017]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 118, illustrated. Provenance: Criss Canning, signed by her on the endpaper, acquired from the artist in 2023.

  • Rosemary Laing

    # 47381

    LAING, Rosemary; ANNEAR, Judy; LYNN, Victoria

    Rosemary Laing

    Healesville : Tarrawarra Museum of Art, 2017. Oblong folio, illustrated boards, pp. 92, illustrated. Essays by Victoria Lynn and Judy Annear. Catalogue of an exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 2 December 2017 – 11 February 2018. ‘Rosemary Laing is a renowned Australian artist who has worked with photography since the late 1980s. …

  • Rosemary Laing

    # 47379

    SOLOMON-GODEAU, Abigail

    Rosemary Laing

    Sydney : Piper Press, 2012. Oblong folio, illustrated laminated boards, pp. 176, extensively illustrated. New copy, mint condition, sealed in shrinkwrap. ‘Rosemary Laing presents a spectacular vision of Australia as both haunted by history and alive to the present. Her images appear suspended between fantasy and reality, and render the impossible possible.’ – the publisher

  • Jessie Traill : A biography

    # 47374

    OLIVER, Jo

    Jessie Traill : A biography

    Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020. Octavo, laminated pictorial boards in dustjacket, pp. xvii; 388, illustrated. ‘This biography explores the remarkable life of Jessie Traill – artist, traveller, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, to a student of Frederick McCubbin and …

  • Margaret Preston

    # 47368

    EDWARDS, Deborah; PEEL, Rose and MIMMOCCHI, Denise

    Margaret Preston

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, small bump at head of spine, pp. 300, illustrated; with the CD-ROM in rear pocket containing a catalogue-raisonne of her paintings, monotypes and ceramics. The definitive monograph on the modernist painter and printmaker.  

  • The art of Inge King : sculptor

    # 47365

    KING, Inge; GRISHIN, Sasha

    The art of Inge King : sculptor

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 392, extensively illustrated. A vast and informative monograph on the significant and influential sculptor. New copy.

  • Object of the game

    # 47323

    HITTI, Deanna

    Object of the game

    Fremantle : Fremantle Arts Centre, 2021. Quarto, illustrated wrappers in illustrated card dustjacket, pp. [40], illustrated. Limited to 200 numbered copies signed and dated by the artist. An artist’s book and exhibition catalogue ‘Object of the Game presents the 2018 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award-winning artist’s book Towlaby Deanna Hitti, a Melbourne based artist with …

  • In a picture land over the sea : Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939

    # 47345

    QUINLAN, Karen

    In a picture land over the sea : Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939

    Bendigo, Vic. : Bendigo Art Gallery, 1998. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 76, illustrated, a fine copy. Scarce. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies.

  • The prints of Margaret Preston. A catalogue raisonne (softcover)

    # 47344

    BUTLER, Roger

    The prints of Margaret Preston. A catalogue raisonne (softcover)

    Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1987. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 337 fully illustrated. The first edition – a fine copy.  

  • Frank and Margel Hinder 1930 - 1980 (signed copy)

    # 47337

    FREE, Renee

    Frank and Margel Hinder 1930 – 1980 (signed copy)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1980. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, small mark, pp. 72, illustrated. Signed on the half title by both Frank and Margel Hinder.