Australian Women Artists

  • Painted women : Australian artists in Europe at the turn of the century

    # 46439

    GRAY, Anne

    Painted women : Australian artists in Europe at the turn of the century

    Anne Gray with essays by Helen Carroll, Ann Galbally, Janda Gooding, Barbara Kane, Ruth Zubans. Perth : Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, the University of Western Australia, [1998]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated, vertical crease to covers and text block. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, …

  • Hilda Rix Nicholas : her life and art

    # 46345

    PIGOT, John

    Hilda Rix Nicholas : her life and art

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 2000. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. xiv; 95, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Scarce. A fine copy.

  • The world of Thea Proctor

    # 46344

    HUMPHRIES, Barry, SAYERS, Andrew and ENGLEDOW, Sarah

    The world of Thea Proctor

    Canberra : Craftsman House, 2005. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 185, faint edge foxing, extensively illustrated. A substantial monograph on the modernist artist.

  • [FEMINISM] A film and a conversation

    # 46309

    HINE, Simone

    [FEMINISM] A film and a conversation

    Parkville, Vic. : George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, 2015. Duodecimo (150 x 100 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers (lightly marked); [22] pp., comprising a feminist essay accompanied by seven of the artist’s digital images. ‘Printed 2015 for f generation at the George Paton Gallery’. This was a group exhibition of work by women artists curated …

  • Misty moderns : Australian tonalists 1915-1950

    # 46125

    LOCK-WEIR, Tracey

    Misty moderns : Australian tonalists 1915-1950

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (illustrating a work by Clarice Beckett), pp. 144, illustrated. A fine copy. Seminal exhibition of Australian modernism featuring the works of Clarice Beckett, Max Meldrum, Percy Leason, William Frater, Roland Wakelin, Colin Colahan, Polly Hurry, and others.

  • The art of Christian Waller

    # 46069

    [WALLER, Christian]. THOMAS, David

    The art of Christian Waller

    Bendigo, Vic. : Bendigo Art Gallery : 1992. Folio, illustrated wrappers (light handling marks), 70 pp. illustrated. A comprehensive exhibition catalogue on the noted art deco artist. A very good copy.

  • Fluent : Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson

    # 46064

    KNGWARREYE, Emily Kame (1910 - 1996) et alia

    Fluent : Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson

    XLVII esposizione internazionale d’arte La Biennale di Venezia 1997. Sydney, N.S.W : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (corners slightly bent), pp. 52, illustrated, a few spots of foxing. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Australian Pavilion, 47th Venice Biennale, 15 June – 9 November 1997, then touring Australia from …

  • The art of Dorrit Black

    # 46068

    NORTH, Ian

    The art of Dorrit Black

    Melbourne: Macmillan and the Art Gallery of South Australia, 1979. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 152, a fine copy. The standard monograph on the artist, illustrated throughout with a detailed catalogue.  

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

    # 46244

    BUTLER, Roger

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

    Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1987. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 337 fully illustrated, a fine copy. The first edition, less common hardback issue.  

  • A century of Australian women artists, 1840s-1940s

    # 46242

    HAMMOND, Victoria

    A century of Australian women artists, 1840s-1940s

    Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1993. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 96, colour illustrations throughout. Catalogue of works by female Australian artists between 1840 and 1940. Features an essay by Victoria Hammond. Includes works by May Gibbs, Clarice Beckett, Violet Teague, Grace Crowley, Margaret Preston, Christian Waller, Ruby Lind, Olive Cotton, Ethel Carrick Fox, Bessie Gibson, …

  • Joy Hester

    # 46221

    [HESTER, Joy]; BURKE, Janine

    Joy Hester

    Melbourne : Greenhouse Publications, 1983. Folio, hardcover in dustjacket, slight edge wear, pp 184, illustrated. A very good copy of the detailed monograph on Hester.

  • Ladies in landscapes

    # 46218

    Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

    Ladies in landscapes

    [Ballarat : Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1974]. Quarto, brown wrappers, a little marked, pp. 20, some pictures and illustrations. Catalogue of works features in the “Ladies in Landscapes” exhibition.

  • Ethel Carrick Fox: travels and triumphs of a post-impressionist (limited edition)

    # 46159

    [CARRICK FOX]. DE VRIES, Susanna

    Ethel Carrick Fox: travels and triumphs of a post-impressionist (limited edition)

    Brisbane : Pandanus Press, 1997. Quarto, cloth covered boards, illustrated dust jacket,  illustrated throughout with colour and black & white plates, scholarly text on the artist by Susanna de Vries, a very good copy. The limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author, in lettered slipcase.

  • Australia : Art & Aboriginality 1987

    # 46076

    JOHNSON, Vivien

    Australia : Art & Aboriginality 1987

    Portsmouth Festival U.K., 9 May to 14 June 1987. Portsmouth : Aspex Gallery, 1987. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [40], exhibition catalogue with a remarkable lineup of indigenous Australian artists. Artists include : Banduk Marika; Roy Marika; Raymond Meeks; James Simon; Trevor Nickolls; Jimmy Pike; George Milpurrurru; Djardi Ashley; Narpula Scobie; Paddy Jupurrula Nelson; Thancoupie; Lin …

  • Tiwi graveposts

    # 46074

    HOFF, Jennifer

    Tiwi graveposts

    [Melbourne] : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated. Tiwi artist Janet Mungatopi is photographed painting motifs on graveposts based on designs that she saw her grandfather paint for funeral ceremonies when she was a small girl.

  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition

    # 46081

    PERKINS, Hetti

    Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 56, illustrated. ‘Exhibition catalogue; works are ceramics, fibre, prints, paintings and sculpture by women from around Australia; includes analysis of artwork in the exhibition; article by Henrietta Fourmile annotated separately.’ – Trove Includes works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Eubena Nampitjin, Gloria Petryarre, …