Australian Women Artists

  • Daughters of the sun. Christian Waller & Klytie Pate (deluxe edition)

    # 50105

    COX, Emma Busowsky

    Daughters of the sun. Christian Waller & Klytie Pate (deluxe edition)

    Bendigo : Bendigo Art Gallery, 2018. Folio, gilt-lettered green cloth, pp. [iv]; 117, (3), fully illustrated, including fold out plates. Lavishly produced exhibition catalogue for the first major retrospective on the two Melbourne artists (aunt and niece) in several decades. Includes Waller’s magnificent art deco publications The great breath  and The gates of dawn as well as the …

  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 50342

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

  • Violet Teague

    # 50326

    CLARK, Jane and DRUCE, Felicity

    Violet Teague

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 128, published in conjunction with the Violet Teague retrospective exhibition (1999), foreword by Professor Jaynie Anderson, contains 52 colour and black & white plates of Teague’s works, introduction by Jane Clark, essays by Felicity Druce, Richard Neville, Roger Butler, Anita Callaway, Kay …

  • The art of Inge King : sculptor

    # 50322

    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.

  • Rosalie Gascoigne

    # 50246

    MacDONALD, Vici

    Rosalie Gascoigne

    Sydney : Regaro, 1998. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers (slightly creased), pp. 116, extensively illustrated. “After spending 31 years as a housewife and mother, Rosalie Gascoigne first exhibited her art in 1974, at the age of 57. Just four years later she was the subject of a major survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, …

  • Helen Maudsley

    # 50227

    GAYNOR, Andrew

    Helen Maudsley

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 20014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated. Price list enclosed.

  • Joy Hester

    # 50169

    BURKE, Janine

    Joy Hester

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1981. Quarto, softcover (lightly marked), pp. 56, illustrated.  

  • John Olsen (Yvonne Audette's copy)

    # 50124

    HART, Deborah

    John Olsen (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, handling creases, spine a little sunned, a few marks to preliminaries, pp. 228, illustrated. A lavish monograph on the great Australian painter. Provenance: Australian artist Yvonne Audette (born 1930), with a signed inscription by her on the half title ‘To Dear John’. Acquired from the artist in …

  • The art of Christian Waller

    # 50108

    [WALLER, Christian]. THOMAS, David

    The art of Christian Waller

    Bendigo, Vic. : Bendigo Art Gallery : 1992. Folio, illustrated wrappers, 70 pp. illustrated. A comprehensive exhibition catalogue on the noted art deco artist. A fine copy.

  • The gates of dawn

    # 50106

    WALLER, Christian

    The gates of dawn

    Melbourne : Gryphon Books, 1978. Octavo, illustrated wrappers in card dustjacket, unpaginated, illustrated. Limited to 1000 copies. Small format facsimile of Waller’s rare art deco period children’s book.

  • Margaret Woodward

    # 50042

    FRY, Gavin; KLEPAC, Lou

    Margaret Woodward

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2020. Revised edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 310 x 250 mm., pp. 168, 102 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. The softcover edition. Margaret Woodward is recognised as a distinctly original artist. Winner of the Wynne Prize, and many other awards. This book explains how her highly …

  • Fiona Omeenyo. New life

    # 50306

    CRAWFORD, Ashley

    Fiona Omeenyo. New life

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [40], illustrated.

  • Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

    # 50015

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888-1960)

    Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

    Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul. London : A. & C. Black, 1931. Folio, lettered cloth (corners rubbed, slightly flecked, slightly frayed at head and foot of spine), illustrated endpapers, 128 pp, 50 tipped-in colour and black and white plates (one detached, a couple of the black and …

  • Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Rosalie Gascoigne

    # 49909

    [GASCOIGNE, Rosalie]

    Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Rosalie Gascoigne

    [Canberra, 1999]. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, portrait of the artist, pp. 8, readings and eulogies. Service of Thanksgiving for the life of the innovative and influential  New Zealand-born Australian sculptor Rosalie Gascoigne.

  • Mirka Mora : a life making art

    # 49938

    COTTE, Sabine

    Mirka Mora : a life making art

    Melbourne : Thames &​ Hudson Australia, 2019. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 268, illustrated. New copy. Mirka Mora features a rich insight into the intellectual life and art practice of one of Australia’s most versatile, creative and prolific modern artists. A Melbourne cultural icon, Mirka, along with her ex-husband Georges, was instrumental in helping to …

  • Constance Stokes retrospective exhibition

    # 49903

    STOKES, Constance

    Constance Stokes retrospective exhibition

    Swan Hill : Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. [50], illustrated in colour and black and white.