Art Books

# 47010

[BROWN, Vincent]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin (ed.).

[BOOK-LOVER]. Vincent Brown. Life and Work (deluxe edition)

Sydney: Odana Editions, 1980. Folio, cloth in dustjacket, 80pp. fully illustrated, slight foxing to title page. Limited to 1000 copies, of which the first 160 are deluxe editions, containing an original etching ‘The book lover’. This is one of the deluxe copies, with the etching, signed by the artist.

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# 47008

PHILIPP, Franz; BOYD, Arthur

Arthur Boyd. (Deluxe edition with original signed lithograph)

With 44 colour plates and 134 monochrome plates. London : Thames and Hudson, 1967. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, in gilt-lettered clamshell box, light foxing to the interior lining paper of the box and a trace to the endpapers, otherwise pristine, 288 pp., extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 107 numbered copies (100 available …

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# 47007

QUAILL, Avril; CARUANA, Wally; JENKINS, Susan; MUNDINE, Djon

Le mémorial : un chef-d’oeuvre d’art arborigène / The Memorial : a masterpiece of Aboriginal art. (Inscribed and signed copy)

Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 1999. Large quarto (300 x 240 mm), pictorial card with French flaps, pp. 144, colour illustrated; parallel text in French and English; a fine copy, the front free-endpaper inscribed and signed by the curators ‘Dear Sarah, this could not have happened without you. Best wishes, Wally [Caruana] / Cariños siempre, Gloria [Morales] …

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# 47006

HURLEY, Frank

Hurley’s Australia : myth, dream, reality

Selected and introduced by John Thompson. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1999. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. ix, 85, illustrated.

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# 47005

[COTTON]. ENNIS, Helen

Olive Cotton Photographer

Photographs and captions by Olive Cotton, with an introduction by Helen Ennis and a personal memoir by Sally McInerney. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2005 (reprint). Folio, illustrated wrappers, 72pp. illustrated by Cotton’s superb black and white photography.

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# 47003

ENNIS, Helen; ADAMS, Phillip

Cazneaux : the quiet observer

Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1994. Quarto, illustrated boards, 80pp. Monograph that explores the life and work of Harold Cazneaux, one of Australia’s most prominent photographers of the 20th century. Introduced by Helen Ennis with a personal commentary by Phillip Adams.

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# 47002

MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

The art of Albert Namatjira

Foreword by R.H. Croll. Melbourne : Bread and Cheese Club, 1949. Fifth edition. Quarto, papered boards with gilt lettering, in illustrated dustjacket (lightly rubbed, a couple of short tears and nicks), 79 pp, illustrated with b/w and colour plates, pale water stain to fore edge. A good copy.

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# 47001

LANE, Terence

Australian Impressionism (hardcover)

Melbourne : NGV, 2007. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. 352, profusely illustrated in colour. A scholarly survey of Australian impressionism and at the same time a lavishly produced catalogue to accompany the major exhibition held at the NGV, 31 March – 8 August 2007; a very good copy. The scarce hardcover edition. …

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# 47000

FORNASIERO, Jean et al.

The Art of Science : Nicolas Baudin’s voyagers 1800-1804

Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2016 (2017 reprint). Quarto, 265 x 218 mm, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew …

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# 46999

AMBRUS, Caroline (editor)

The unseen art scene : 32 Australian women artists

Canberra : Irrepressible Press, 1995. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated. Profiles 32 lesser well known Australian women artists.

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# 46997

HUNT, Susan and DAVISON, Graeme

Sydney views 1788-1888 from the Beat Knoblauch collection

Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2007. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated. A fine copy.

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# 46991

WOLSELEY, John et al.

Midawarr | harvest : the art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley

Edited by Will Stubbs and John Wolseley. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Museum of Australia, 2018. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 207, illustrated. Two artists, two completely different approaches, but one abiding passion — to celebrate the natural bounty to be found in the floodplains, swamps, savannas and woodlands of northern Australia. Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley, her …

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# 46990

GRISHIN, Sasha

Australian art : a history

Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing, 2013. First edition. Quarto, laminated boards, cloth spine, light handling marks, pp. 570, illustrated. A very good copy. A comprehensive and definitive history of Australian Art. Published at the price of $175 and long since out of print, copies are rare in the market. ‘Grishin presents a story …

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# 46989

HART, Deborah

Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings from 1989 – 1995. Works from the Delmore Collection

Canberra : Parliament House, 1995. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. Essay by Deborah Hart. Very scarce and early publication on Kngwarreye, preceding all the monographs on her.

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# 46988

FULLERTON, Patricia and SMITH, Bernard

The flower hunter Ellis Rowan

Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. vi; 106, illustrated.

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# 46987

HETHERINGTON, Michelle

James Northfield. The art of selling Australia

Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.96, illustrated. Striking modernist poster designs promoting Australian tourism.

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