International Artists

  • A vision of Eden : the life and work of Marianne North

    # 47190

    NORTH, Marianne

    A vision of Eden : the life and work of Marianne North

    Preface by J.P.M. Brenan ; foreword by Anthony Huxley ; biographical note by Brenda E. Moon. Exeter : Webb & Bower, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1980. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, maps to endppers, a few light marks to endpaper, light handling wear, pp. 240, illustrated. ‘Marianne North, an unmarried middle-aged Victorian …

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

    # 47162

    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 …

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  • The philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B and back again). (Signed copy with drawing of a Campbell's Soup can)

    # 46392

    WARHOL, Andy (1928 - 1987)

    The philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B and back again). (Signed copy with drawing of a Campbell’s Soup can)

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. Octavo, boards in dust jacket, pp 241; a fine copy; the half-title is signed and inscribed by Warhol, accompanied by an original pen drawing by the artist of a Campbell’s Tomato Soup can, his most iconic image. Andy Warhol’s seminal self-analysing memoir, filled with his reflections of …

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  • M. C. Escher : 16 facsimile prints.

    # 47111

    ESCHER, M. C.

    M. C. Escher : 16 facsimile prints.

    With an introduction by J. L. Locher, former Director of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Baarn [The Netherlands] : The Escher Foundation, 2008. Sixteen museum quality giclee reproduction prints of some of Escher’s most iconic images, printed on  310 gsm. handmade and acid-free German Etching paper from Hahnemühle, each 650 x 550 mm, accompanied by a …

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  • Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    # 46886

    HAMER, Heather (1885 - 1962)

    Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    Collected and illustrated by Heather Hamer. With a Foreword by Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, K.C.M.G. Ceylon : The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd., 1935. Quarto, gilt-lettered diced road, lightly scuffed and worn, pp. [36], illustrated with twelve full page black and white illustrations by Hamer, with tissue guards, illustrating in modernist style the nursery rhymes. Heather …

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  • The Comic Almanack and Diary 1851 (coloured version)

    # 46931

    [CRUIKSHANK]. MAYHEW, Henry, editor

    The Comic Almanack and Diary 1851 (coloured version)

    Illustrated by George Cruikshank and H. G. Hine. London: David Bogue, 1851. Octavo, gilt-decorated flush cut cloth covered boards (dulled), text block slightly cracked, pp. 64, 24 (adverts.), extensively illustrated throughout, folding frontispiece by Cruikshank, fine original hand colouring. The frontispiece is an etching measuring 165 x 410mm, titled ‘Probable effects of over female emigration, …

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  • Le magasin des petits explorateurs

    # 47125

    BONDAZ, Julien (editor)

    Le magasin des petits explorateurs

    sous la direction de Julien Bondaz. [Arles] : Actes sud ; [Paris] : Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, [2018]. Quarto, illustrated papered boards, pp. 365, illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, May 23-October 7, 2018. A fascinating examination of how foreign cultures were …

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  • Artists books / bookworks

    # 47122

    SHERIDAN, Noel et al.

    Artists books / bookworks

    This exhibition has been organised by the Ewing and George Paton Galleries, the Experimental Art Foundation, the Institute of Modern Art in conjunction with Laica California and Franklin Furnace New York. Melbourne : Ewing and George Paton Galleries, 1978. Folio, lettered paper portfolio (detached along folds, stained), 63 leaves (complete), each page loose as issued, …

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  • David Nash デイヴィッド・ナッシュ: 樹のいのち, 樹のかたち / ki no inochi, ki no katachi

    # 47113

    NASH, David (1945 - )

    David Nash デイヴィッド・ナッシュ: 樹のいのち, 樹のかたち / ki no inochi, ki no katachi

    [Tōkyō] : Yomiuri Shimbunsha, 1984. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers with acetate jacket, pp. 94, illustrated. An important catalogue from the British land art environmental artist. Catalog of an exhibition held at the International Contemporary Sculpture Symposium 1984, Nagisa Park no.2, Moriyama City, Shiga, September 1-October 10, 1984, the symposium at the KBS Education Center, Moriyama …

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  • George Platt Lynes. Photographs from The Kinsey Institute

    # 47117

    LYNES, George Platt (1907 - 1955)

    George Platt Lynes. Photographs from The Kinsey Institute

    Introduction by Bruce Weber ; preface by June Machover Reinisch, Ph.D. ; essays by James Crump. Boston : Bulfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, [1993]. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket (verso  foxed), pp. 158, edges and preliminaries foxed, faint inscription and tape marks to front free endpaper, a good copy. ‘George Platt Lynes was truly …

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  • The Birds of Australia (complete set)

    # 47089

    GOULD, John (1804 - 1881); GOULD, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841); RICHTER, Henry Constantine (1821 - 1902)

    The Birds of Australia (complete set)

    London : printed by Richard and John Taylor for the author, 1848. Seven volumes, imperial folio, finely bound by Sotheran and Co. in full green crushed morocco over boards, elaborate gilt panels and rules, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt (bindings with some light edge rubbing and scuffs); all edges …

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  • Joan Miro. The illustrated books : catalogue raisonné.

    # 47124

    CRAMER, Patrick

    Joan Miro. The illustrated books : catalogue raisonné.

    Preface by Rosa Maria Malet. Geneva : Patrick Cramer, 1989. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, slipcase, pp. 676, extensively illustrated with over a thousand images. A fine copy. The invaluable catalogue raisonné of all of Miro’s illustrated books. An indispensable reference.

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  • The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné. Volume 4 : Paintings and Sculptures late 1974 - 1976.

    # 47120

    PRINTZ, Neil; KING-NERO, Sally et al.

    The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné. Volume 4 : Paintings and Sculptures late 1974 – 1976.

    London : Phaidon, 2014. Oblong quarto, boards in slipcase, pp. 608, 740 illustrations. New copy. Note : released at the RRP of $695, we are able to offer a mint copy at the original publisher’s price. ‘The 607 paintings and one sculpture documented in Volume 4 of The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne were produced during …

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  • Cindy Sherman

    # 46925

    [SHERMAN, Cindy]

    Cindy Sherman

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, 2016. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, silver cloth spine, pp 141. Catalogue of Sherman’s works exhibited in the 2016 Queensland Art Gallery retrospective. As new copy.

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  • The shorter dictionary of English Furniture. From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian period

    # 46860

    EDWARDS, Ralph

    The shorter dictionary of English Furniture. From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian period

    London : Country Life, 1977. Sixth impression. Folio, gilt-lettered buckram in dustjacket (spine sunned, general handling wear), top edges gilt, pp. 684, extensively illustrated in black and white. An encyclopaedic alphabetically listed guide to English antique furniture. A very useful book.

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  • Soviet Russian Art and Handicraft Exposition. Grand Central Palace, New York, February 1929

    # 46800

    AMTORG TRADING CORPORATION (New York)

    Soviet Russian Art and Handicraft Exposition. Grand Central Palace, New York, February 1929

    [Cover title]. Also titled: Art and Handicraft Exposition of Soviet Russia. New York : Peasant Art & Handicraft Department of Amatory Trading Corporation, 1929. Small quarto (265 x 180 mm), illustrated wrappers with original owner’s name to front, original ties, [15], [1] pp, numerous illustrations (some colour); an excellent copy. A scarce catalogue of Russian …

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