Art Books
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# 47129
ZUBANS, Ruth
E. Phillips Fox : his life and art
Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 1995. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 243, illustrated, pale foxing to preliminaries, a very good copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. A fine monograph on Emanuel Phillips Fox, husband of Ethel Carrick Fox.
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# 47128
TEAGUE, Violet; REDE, Geraldine
Night fall in the ti-tree
Woodcuts by Geraldine Rede and Violet Teague. Melbourne and London : Sign of the Rabbit and Elgin Mathews, 1906. Small folio, ribbon-tied woodcut-printed wrappers (lightly rubbed, ribbons replaced, the original silk ribbon as always deteriorated, and preserved separately), illustrated endpapers, fourteen leaves folded in the Japanese manner illustrated with original woodcuts by Teague and Rede, …
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# 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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# 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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# 47112
CRAFWORD, Marian (1955 - )
Picturing the island
Melbourne : the artist, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers with wraparound title band, pp. [52], illustrated. A contemporary photobook created by Melbourne artist Marian Crawford, drawing on her memories growing up on Babana (contemporary Kiribati) and using historical photographs of what was at the time known as the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. ‘Picturing the Island takes …
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# 47095
RADFORD, Ron and HYLTON, Jane
Modern Australian women : paintings & prints 1925-1945
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2000. Quarto, laminated wrappers (light handling wear), pp. 144, illustrated throughout with colour plates of works by the artists Jean Appleton, Gwen Barringer, Clarice Beckett, Dorrit Black, Elise Blumann, Stella Bowen, Lina Bryans, Ethel Carrick (Fox), Dora Chapman, Sybil Craig, Grace Crowley, Anne Dangar, Bessie Davidson, Agnes Goodsir, …
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# 47088
CRUMLIN, Rosemary
Aboriginal art and spirituality (signed and inscribed copy)
Melbourne : Collins Dove, 1991. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 151, illustrated. With a long and warm signed inscription from Rosemary Crumlin on the title page. Contributors include Judith Ryan, Roy Churcher, Christopher Hodges, Gabrielle Pizzi, Margaret Woodward and Fiona Foley. “Painting has become a powerful vehicle for the transmission of a culture: the myths, …
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# 47087
FOX, Stephen and MAUGHAN, Janet
Ian W. Abdulla : Elvis has entered the building
Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2003. Quarto, 280 x 240 mm mm, boards in dustjacket, pp. 104, illustrated. New copy. For a painter who wishes to be remembered as a ‘quiet lad’, Ian Abdulla has been creating quite a stir over the last 15 years. He is recognised as one of Australia’s most distinctive and appealing …
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# 47081
[BRACK]. GRISHIN, Sasha.
The art of John Brack
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1990. Two volumes quarto, clothbound with gilt-stamped spines in matching slipcase, a superior example with only light rubbing to the gilt, 236; 262pp. Volume one is a series of essays by Grishin on various elements of Brack’s oeuvre while volume two is a catalogue raisonne of oil paintings, works on paper …
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# 47066
HINKSON, Melinda
Remembering the future : Walpiri life through the prism of drawing
Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press [AIATSIS], 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. xi, 178, illustrated. ‘What can a collection of drawings reveal about their makers? Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of Central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been …
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# 47062
SUMIRA, Sylvia
The art and history of globes
London : The British Library, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 224, illustrated. ‘This book celebrates the art and history of the globe, focusing on the 400 years when the printed globe – as navigational tool, scientific instrument and powerful status symbol – occupied an important place in the history of European exploration. It ranges …
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# 47065
MUNDINE, Djon and CARUANA, Wally
Urban focus : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the urban areas of Australia
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 1994. Quarto, illustrated self wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated with works by Ron Hurley, Byron Pickett, Robert Campbell Jr., Laurie Nilsen, Euphemia Bostock and Richard Bell, essay by Don Mundine and Wally Caruana. ‘Discussion of art created by Aboriginal people in urban centres, its development and acceptance, and the various …
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# 47064
ADAMS, Jeanie
Made with meaning. Crafts of Aboriginal far North Queensland : the Yalga-Binbi collection.
Cairns, Qld. : Yalga-Binbi Institute for Community Development, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation and Cairns Regional Gallery, 1995. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. Published in conjunction with an exhibition, Made with meaning: crafts of Aboriginal far North Queensland, curated by Jeanie Adams and presented at Cairns Regional Gallery from July 15 to …
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# 47063
CAPON, Edmond
Gamarada : friends
Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 84, illustrated. ‘Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1995 in recognition of a number of donors whose particular support led to the success of the Yiribana Gallery and the collection it holds. Artists: Bininuwuy, …
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# 47074
LYNTON, Norbert et al
Searching for Gaia : the art of Guy Warren
By Norbert Lynton & John McDonald ; Deborah Hart ; with an autobiographical account by the artist. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2003. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 192, illustrated. New copy of an out of print book. ‘Offers an artist’s view of life and art in Sydney during the better part of the 20th …
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# 47072
HABY, Gracia and JENNISON, Louise [Gracia & Louise]
Those two daring pirates
[Melbourne] : the artists, 2004. Artist’s book, 180 mm tall, 22 page concertina offset lithograph with original hand colouring, bound in coloured fabric, initialled by the artists. Printed in an edition of 30 copies with one artist’s proof, this is copy 13/30. A colourful celebration of the cultural life of New Orleans, Louisiana. “[These two …