Art Books

  • Searching for Gaia : the art of Guy Warren

    # 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 …

  • Those two daring pirates

    # 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 …

  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye : utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    # 47071

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo, ELLWOOD, Tony, NISHINO, Hanako, et al.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye : utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    Canberra, Australia and Japan : National Museum of Australia/ The National Museum of Art, Osaka/ The National Art Centre, Tokyo/ The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2008. Quarto, boards in pictorial dust jacket, very lightly rubbed, pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour, exhibition catalogue in English and Japanese language for the travelling exhibition of Australian Indigenous artist Emily …

  • Master of stillness. Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940 - 2011

    # 47070

    PEARCE, Barry

    Master of stillness. Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940 – 2011

    Adelaide : The Wakefield Press, 2012 (2021 reprint). Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 136, illustrated. New copy. Master of Stillness illuminates the vision of the most celebrated of Australian expatriate artists, from his beginnings in Adelaide until his last major composition painted in Italy, where he lived for five decades until his death in 2013. …

  • The art of John S. Loxton

    # 47069

    [LOXTON, John] ROWELL, John; TAYLOR, H. Vivian

    The art of John S. Loxton

    Melbourne : Osboldstone & Co, 1956. Quarto, inlaid boards illustrated dustjacket (light crease and stain to upper wrapper), [15]pp with 28 plate leaves. Features 22 reproductions in full colour, and 6 in duotone, with text by John Rowell. Limited to 1250 copies, signed by the artist.

  • Brook Andrew : the right to offend is sacred (with ephemera)

    # 47068

    RYAN, Judith et al.

    Brook Andrew : the right to offend is sacred (with ephemera)

    Judith Ryan with Brook Andrew; Nick Aikens, Anthony Gardner, Marcia Langton, Simon Maidment and Trent Walter. Melbourne, Vic. : National Gallery of Victoria, 2017. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 177, illustrated. Scarce. A fine copy. This copy with a signed letter from Tony Ellwood, Director of the NGV and other related ephemera.

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty. Arthur Streeton Number.

    # 47067

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty. Arthur Streeton Number.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1928. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a fine copy (some loss/splitting on spine and rust stains from staples). Highlighting the Streeton’s iconic Australian works, this edition includes essays by Lionel Lindsay and J.S. McDonald. …

  • The light fades but the gods remain. (Signed deluxe limited edition)

    # 47057

    HENSON, Bill (1955 -)

    The light fades but the gods remain. (Signed deluxe limited edition)

    Melbourne : Thames & Hudson in association with the Monash Gallery of Art, 2019. Quarto, lettered cloth, illustrated dustjacket, pp. 166, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, signed by Bill Henson on the half-title, housed in a lettered cloth slipcase. While not stated in the book, personal correspondence with the publisher indicates a print run of …

  • The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    # 47056

    HINDS, John (1950 - )

    The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    Melbourne : the artist, 2012. Elephant folio (580 mm tall), lettered cloth, title page, preface, 14 leaves of designs stencilled in colour, which reference traditional English patterns and iconography, but have been re-designed to reflect a contemporary theme or topic, ostensibly as prototypes for wallpapers for distribution in the Antipodes. A printed sheet of notes …

  • Papunya Tula : genesis and genius (hardcover edition)

    # 47055

    PERKINS, Hetti and FINK, Hannah (editors).

    Papunya Tula : genesis and genius (hardcover edition)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. Quarto, boards in  illustrated dustjacket, pp. 319 extensively illustrated, light foxing to edges, else a very good copy. Quickly out of print and now scarce, this landmark exhibition catalogue surveys the Papunya Tula movement which founded the contemporary Australian Aboriginal art market. The scarce and sought …

  • 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 …

  • David Larwill (signed copy)

    # 47052

    McGREGOR, Ken.

    David Larwill (signed copy)

    With Elizabeth Thomson. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1997. Quarto, hardcover in dustjacket, 204 pp. illustrated throughout. The major monograph on Larwill. This copy signed and inscribed by the artist and the author. A fine copy.

  • Modernism and Feminism : Australian women artists 1900-1940

    # 47051

    TOPLISS, Helen

    Modernism and Feminism : Australian women artists 1900-1940

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1996. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 232, illustrated. A fine copy. “This book answers the question posed by a number of male art historians and critics: ‘Why were there so many influential women artists in the inter-war period?’ The book establishes a female context for women’s art in Australia and demonstrates …

  • The art of Charles Blackman

    # 47050

    [BLACKMAN]. SHAPCOTT, Thomas.

    The art of Charles Blackman

    London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. Folio, cloth in dustjacket (light wave), a touch of offsetting to endpapers, 266 pages profusely illustrated in colour. The major monograph on the artist. A very good copy.

  • Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    # 47049

    HICKS, Petrina; CROMBIE, Isobel; QUIRK, Maria

    Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. Fine copy. Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic is the first in-depth study of the work of Australian artist Petrina Hicks. Since 2003, Hicks has developed a highly distinctive body of work that combines her background as a commercial photographer with her interest …

  • Light sensitive : contemporary Australian photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund

    # 47048

    SMORGON, Loti & Victor

    Light sensitive : contemporary Australian photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (illustrated with a photograph by Petrina Hicks), pp. 112, illustrated with works by Brook Andrew, Darren Sylvester, Patricia Piccinini, Matthew Sleethe, Scott Redford, Pat Brassington, Deborah Paauwe and others.