Art Books
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# 46928
TRAILL, Jessie
Stars in the river : the prints of Jessie Traill
edited by Roger Butler ; with essays by Tim Bonyhady, Rebecca Edwards, Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax and Macushla Robinson. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Gallery of Australia, 2013. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. Includes a reproduction of Traill’s bookplate. This eagerly awaited publication celebrates the artistic career of one of Australia’s most important printmakers of the …
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# 46926
JACUNSKI, Jaclyn
You are a warrior
[Chicago? : the artist, 2017]. Octavo, printed wrappers, pp. [24], illustrated. Artist’s book / zine on the subject of civil disobedience and the protest movement. ‘Jaclyn’s work is driven by political controversies that surround land, communities, and acts of resistance. By framing evidence of those acts, her work recontextualizes how they manifest in public spaces …
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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 46724
van GOGH, Vincent (1853 - 1890)
The complete letters of Vincent van Gogh : with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2001. A Bulfinch Press Book. Third edition, second printing. Three volumes, octavo, blue buckram lettered in gilt on the spine, with gilt decoration, pp. lxviii; 559; 625; 625, illustrations, a fine set housed in the publisher’s buckram slipcase. ‘One of the most important and powerful works in the literature …
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# 46700
KEITH, Elizabeth (illustrator); SCOTT, Elspet Keith Robertson (text)
Old Korea : the land of morning calm
London : Hutchinson & Co., 1946. Quarto, decorated cloth in dustjacket (worn, chips with losses, old tape repairs), pp. 72, colour frontispiece, illustrated with colour and black and white plates, preliminaries foxed, internally fine. Scarce, a very good copy in the flimsy dustjacket, an important illustrated account of Korea.
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# 46573
VICTORIAN WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA
Victorian Women’s Orchestra. Inaugural Concert … Friday, March 9th, 1990, 8.00pm … at Toorak Uniting Church …
Program will include: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Greig: Norwegian Dances, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Ravel: Bolero. Parkdale, Vic. : VWO, 1990. A5 flyer, printed recto only; fine. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 46589
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)
Sydney : published for the author by Art in Australia, 1920. First edition. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, spine lettered in gilt (a fine example); inscribed by the artist in pen on the front pastedown ‘Yours sincerely, Norman Lindsay’, small tape marks to endpapers, upper hinge slightly split, original signed etching by Norman Lindsay …
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# 46784
MACKENNAL, Bertram (1863-1931)
Bertram Mackennal, Australian sculptor : autograph letter signed, dated 27 November 1922, thanking a well-wisher for congratulating him on his election to the Royal Academy.
1 page, octavo, on embossed letterhead with the artist’s St. John’s Wood address; written in fountain pen entirely in Mackennal’s hand, the letter is dated 27 November 1922, addressed to ‘Dear Mr Bowles’, and signed at the foot ‘Yours sincerely, Bertram Mackennal’; Mackennal had just become a Royal Academician, and although it is not mentioned …
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# 46838
NICOLAS, Alain (ed.)
Paysages rêvés : artistes aborigènes contemporains de Balgo Hills (Australie Occidentale)
Marseille : Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Galeries Gaston Defferre, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2004. Large quarto (300 x 230 mm), pictorial card covers with French flaps, pp. 128, colour illustrations, maps; a very fine copy. Scarce catalogue produced for an exhibition of works by artists from the remote Balgo Hills community in Western …
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# 46660
[LINDSAY]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin.
The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay
Sydney: Odana Editions,1998. Large quarto, gilt lettered boards with pictorial inlay in colour illustrated wrappers, 480pp, signed by Lin Bloomfield on the title page (lightly foxed) and a large pen inscription on the front free endpaper from Merlin & Chris Costello and family, who were involved in the publication of the book. Light handling marks, …
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# 46542
JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)
VII (Sculptural lithograph)
Lithograph, 18 x 23 cms, signed lower right ‘Jacks 87 – 89’, numbered lower left 2/10, and titled lower centre ‘VII’, framed in black timber (43 x 46 cms). A fine original graphic by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged …
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# 46677
Robert Jacks (1943 - 2014)
Robert Jacks / Some Rubber Stamp Books / 1973 – 1981
[New York and Sydney] : the artist, 1973 – 1981. Quarto, 295 x 220 mm, black buckram with silver lettering, manuscript title page, nine sections of original rubber stamp works, each between two and three pages each and containing five or six rubber stamps per page, each section separated with a blank page. An unique …
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# 46676
Robert Jacks (1943 - 2014)
Robert Jacks / Xerox / Melbourne / 1985
Melbourne : the artist, 1985. Quarto, 295 x 220 mm, black buckram with silver lettering, unpaginated, being an artist’s book of photocopied (xeroxed) designs. Provenance : the estate of Robert Jacks.
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# 46548
THE WOMEN'S GALLERY
[MELBOURNE] The Women’s Gallery 1st Anniversary … Saturday 22nd July 1989 …
Fitzroy, Vic. : The Women’s Gallery, 375 Brunswick Street, 1989. A4 sheet, printed recto only; very good condition. Flyer inviting ‘members & friends … to join us at the Gallery for supper / concert / dance / Moira Macdonald & Mojo Blues Band / with guest speaker Janine Burke’. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia …