International Artists

  • A manual of photography

    # 47378

    HUNT, Robert

    A manual of photography

    London : John Joseph Griffin & Co., 1853. Third edition, enlarged. Cabinet Edition of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, Second Division : applied sciences. Octavo (195 x 135 mm), blind-stamped and lettered red cloth, gilt lettering to spine (a few marks and slight wear to head and foot); publisher’s advertisements to endpapers, pp. 8 (publisher’s catalogue, dated …

  • Afghanistan : hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

    # 47474

    HIEBERT, Frederik et al.

    Afghanistan : hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

    Edited by Fredrik Hiebert and Pierre Cambon. Melbourne : Museum Victoria Publishing, 2013. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 303, illustrated. Illustrated book to accompany a touring exhibition of works from Kabul to Australian museums.

  • Colour moves : art and fashion by Sonia Delaunay

    # 47476

    LEEUW-DE-MONTI, Matteo de and TIMMER, Petra

    Colour moves : art and fashion by Sonia Delaunay

    edited by Matilda McQuaid and Susan Brown. London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2011. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 203, illustrated. ‘Colour Moves focuses not only on abstract painter and colourist Sonia Delaunay’s art but also her avant-garde fashion designs from her own Atelier Simultane in Paris during the 1920s as well as textiles she …

  • Monanisms : Museum of Old and New Art

    # 47477

    WALSH, David et al.

    Monanisms : Museum of Old and New Art

    Hobart : Museum of Old and New Art, 2010. First edition. Quarto, lettered papered boards with cloth detailing, pp. xx; rotating volvelle, 386, CD-ROM inside lower board, illustrated, lacking the slipcase, but a fine copy of the landmark catalogue celebrating the launch of David Walsh’s iconic museum in Tasmania.

  • An American century of photography : from dry-plate to digital.  The Hallmark Photographic Collection

    # 47478

    DAVIS, Keith et al.

    An American century of photography : from dry-plate to digital. The Hallmark Photographic Collection

    New York : Hallmark Cards, Inc. in association with H.N. Abrams, 1995. Quarto, lettered wrappers in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 423, illustrated. A fine copy. ‘The book accompanies a major traveling exhibition of masterworks from the Hallmark Photographic Collection, one of the most renowned holdings of its kind in the world. An American Century of Photography …

  • Ballets russes : the art of costume

    # 47479

    BELL, Robert et al.

    Ballets russes : the art of costume

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2010. Quarto, illustrated cards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 264, illustrated. ‘Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of the National Gallery of Australia’s renowned collection of costumes from the Ballets Russes. Integrating design, music and dance and encouraging the artistic experimentation and the collaboration of artists, choreographers and composers, …

  • Nose Peak

    # 47486

    BALDESSARI, John (1931 - 2020)

    Nose Peak

    Paris : Onestar Press, 2015. First edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Octavo, flushcut illustrated wrappers, pp. [126]. A series of line drawings, which when flicked through, form the countoured shape of a nose. “It should be said that Baldessari’s penchant for depicting noses in his work extends as far back as 1965 with the …

  • A catalogue of Cypriot antiquities at the University of Melbourne and in the Ian Potter Museum of Art

    # 47457

    SALTER, Sally

    A catalogue of Cypriot antiquities at the University of Melbourne and in the Ian Potter Museum of Art

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2008. Folio, boards in dustjacket, pp. 271, extensively illustrated.  A fine copy, near-new. The University of Melbourne’s collection of Cypriot antiquities was established and developed between the 1930s and 1960s. Largely ceramic, and extending from the Bronze Age to the Roman, Sally Salter’s comprehensive research into the collection – many …

  • The silent scream

    # 47454

    OPPEN, Monica; LYSSIOTIS, Peter, et al.

    The silent scream

    Political and social comment in books by artists. Essays by Monica Oppen, Peter Lyssiotis, Walter Struve, Scott McQuire, Humphrey McQueen, Des Cowley. Sydney : Ant Press for Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, 2011. Quarto, laminated card wrappers, 189 pp. fully illustrated. Produced to accompany the exhibition at Monash University Library of international and Australian artists’ books …

  • The art of praise : Italian illuminated choir books 1300-1450

    # 47452

    MANION, Margaret (1935 - 2024)

    The art of praise : Italian illuminated choir books 1300-1450

    Introduced by Margaret Manion ; with contributions by Ursula Betka, Elaine Shaw, John Stinson ; preface by Barry Jones, foreword by Gerard Vaughan, prologue by Christopher de Hamel. Melbourne, [Vic.] : [The authors], 2021. Quarto, cloth with pictorial inlay, pp. 263, illustrated. Designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in a very limited edition of …

  • The heritage of Eastern Turkey : from earliest settlements to Islam

    # 47448

    SAGONA, Antonio

    The heritage of Eastern Turkey : from earliest settlements to Islam

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. v, 240, illustrated. Fine copy. Dr Sagona has conducted many seasons of excavation and survey work in eastern Turkey. This extravagantly illustrated book traces the history of the region from the beginning of settled life (c.11,000-5,500 BC) to the spread of Islam and the resplendent …

  • Love and devotion : from Persia and beyond (deluxe edition)

    # 47444

    SCOLLAY, Susan

    Love and devotion : from Persia and beyond (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art in association with the State Library of Victoria and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2012. Quarto, deluxe binding of full cloth with pictorial inlay lettered in gilt, pp. xiii, 221, housed in cloth slipcase with ribbon draw. The deluxe edition, of which only a few copies were printed for presentation. ‘Jointly published …

  • Degenerates and perverts : the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art

    # 47441

    CHANIN, Eileen and MILLER, Steven

    Degenerates and perverts : the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art

    Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller ; with an introductory essay by Judith Pugh. Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2005. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. xi, 306, illustrated. An account of an exhibition that brought the Australian public face- to-face for the first time with the experimental art that had been developing in Europe during the …

  • Capturing flora : 300 years of Australian botanical art

    # 47435

    AITKEN, Richard et al.

    Capturing flora : 300 years of Australian botanical art

    Ballarat : Art Gallery Ballarat, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light shelf wear), pp. 287, illustrated. ‘Capturing Flora is a handsome historical survey of the botanical illustration of Australian plants, from the time of Dampier to 2012. This sumptuous publication accompanied the exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of Ballarat late in …

  • Blek Le Rat (deluxe edition)

    # 47434

    McGREGOR, Ken

    Blek Le Rat (deluxe edition)

    Ken McGregor ; with German translation by Sybille Prou. Melbourne : Thames & Hudson, 2017. Quarto, one of a handful of copies of the deluxe edition, specially bound in full leather with silhouette design on upper board, pp. 311, illustrated. Text in English and German. ‘Blek le Rat is known worldwide for the quirky ideas …

  • Love and devotion : from Persia and beyond

    # 47433

    SCOLLAY, Susan

    Love and devotion : from Persia and beyond

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art in association with the State Library of Victoria and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. xiii, 221, illustrated. ‘Jointly published by Macmillan and the State Library of Victoria in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this book accompanies an exhibition of original manuscripts relating to Persian poetry and …