Australian Art April 2025
We have listed over 300 Australian art reference books and catalogues, sourced from private collections.
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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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# 46927
BELL, Richard
Richard Bell : Positivity (signed copy)
Brisbane : Institute of Modern Art, c. 2007. Brisbane aboriginal artist Richard Bell’s work develops out of protest politics, responding to a history of oppression and discrimination. While he challenges non-aboriginal artists who appropriate aboriginal imagery, he is an appropriation artist himself, borrowing from artists like Imants Tillers and Emily Kngwarreye to score his points. His …
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# 46924
STEPHENS, Ann
Visions of a republic : the work of Lucien Henry . Paris – Noumea – Sydney
Sydney : Powerhouse Publishing, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, illustrated endpapers, pp. 240, extensively illustrated. ‘Presents the extraordinary and little-known work of French-Australian artist Lucien Henry (1850-1896), whose vision for an Australian school of decorative arts and design was developed in the period leading up to Australian federation. It places Henry’s project for an Australian Decorative …
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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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# 46621
LEASON, Percy.
Recognition : Percy Leason’s Aboriginal Portraits.
Canberra : National Portrait Gallery, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 68, illustrated. ‘Originally conceived as an anthropological record, Percy Leason’s powerful 1934 portraits of Victorian Aboriginal people are today considered to be a highlight of 20th century Australian portraiture. Australia’s National Portrait Gallery proudly presents this remarkable exhibition of works not seen by the public …
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# 46728
GASCOIGNE, Rosalie
Rosalie Gascoigne. Plain air
Wellington : City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2004. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 88, illustrated. Survey exhibition of the New Zealand born, Australian resident artist.
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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 …
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# 46525
WOMEN'S ART REGISTER (Melbourne)
Women’s Art Register. Catalogue of slides.
Richmond, Vic. : Women’s Art Register, [May, 1983]. Foolscap folio (295 x 210 mm), stapled illustrated wrappers, pp. [2], 6, [8 index of Information Folders]; roneo-printed; very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 46526
WOMEN'S ART REGISTER (Melbourne)
Women’s Art Register Extension Project. Catalogue of slides.
Richmond, Vic. : Women’s Art Register, [1983?]. Foolscap folio (295 x 210 mm), stapled illustrated wrappers, pp. [7]; roneo-printed; light creasing, Virginia’ Fraser’s annotations in pencil. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 46523
PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY (Melbourne)
You are invited to the opening of [The] An Australian Group Show. Brian Windridge, Jillian Gibb, Virginia Fraser, Fiona Hall. Photographers Gallery, 344 Punt Rd, South Yarra on Thursday July 3 [1986], 6.00 pm.
South Yarra, Vic. : Photographers’ Gallery, [1986]. Invitation, 100 x 210 mm, black on white card, printed recto only; with Virginia Fraser’s revision of the first word of the title in felt-tip pen; a couple of light marks. The Photographers’ Gallery (and Workshop) was founded in 1973 by Paul Cox, Ingeborg Tyssen, John F. Williams …
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# 46741
FOLEY, Fiona
Fiona Foley. Nulla 4 eva
Melbourne : Niagara Publishing, 2009. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 20, illustrated. Essay by Djon Mundine.
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# 46685
CLARK, Jane and DRUCE, Felicity
Violet Teague (signed copy)
Sydney : The Beagle Press, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 128, published in conjunction with the Violet Teague retrospective exhibition (1999), foreword by Professor Jaynie Anderson, contains 52 colour and black & white plates of Teague’s works, introduction by Jane Clark, essays by Felicity Druce, Richard Neville, Roger Butler, Anita Callaway, Kay Vernon, Jeanette Hoorn, …
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# 46654
FRANSELLA, Graham
Graham Fransella. Figures & landscapes. Paintings and prints 1984 – 2002 (deluxe edition)
Melbourne : Macmillan, 2002. Folio, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 128, extensively illustrated, foreword by Edmund Capon, a mint copy housed in a grand clamshell box, lettered with design on the front panel, containing a similarly designed paper folio housing an original Fransella etching, Head, signed and limited to 100 copies. The deluxe edition, limited …