Australian Art April 2025

  • Parallel Prints 2015

    # 17504

    Parallel Prints 2015

    Kerikeri, N.Z. : Art at Wharepuke, 2015. Buckram clamshell case containing twelve original prints by Susanna Castleden, Anoinetta Covino-Beehre, David Fraser, Mark Graver, Jodi Heffernan, Martin King, Deborah Klein, Bruno Leti, John Neeson, Melissa Smith, and Deborah Williams. Limited to 24 sets (the prints in an edition of 36). The first Parallel Prints project was …

  • William Robinson : a new perspective (signed copy)

    # 40731

    EARLS, Nick

    William Robinson : a new perspective (signed copy)

    Brisbane : William Robertson Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. Octavo, lettered cloth, pp. 87. Signed by the artist and author. ‘Chronicles the life and career of renowned Brisbane-based painter and lithographer, William Robinson, who has won both the Archibald and Wynne prizes in a career spanning over five decades. From cringing over his first …

  • William Robinson. Paintings and sculptures 2003 - 2005 (signed copy)

    # 40866

    SEEAR, Lynne

    William Robinson. Paintings and sculptures 2003 – 2005 (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 2005. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 66, illustrated, including foldout plates. Signed by the artist on the title page.

  • William Robinson. Paintings and lithographs 2000 - 2007 (signed copy)

    # 40865

    RAINBIRD, Stephen

    William Robinson. Paintings and lithographs 2000 – 2007 (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 84, illustrated, including foldout plates. Signed by the artist on the title page.

  • Fifty drawings by Francis Lymburner (signed copy, Ena Dupain's copy)

    # 40810

    LYMBURNER, Francis

    Fifty drawings by Francis Lymburner (signed copy, Ena Dupain’s copy)

    Sydney : Ure Smith, 1946. Quarto, cloth, 50 black and white plates. Fragment of dustjacket and news clipping loosely enclosed. Signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. With the ownership inscription of Ena Dupain (1863 – 1952), mother of Max Dupain, to the front free endpaper.

  • George Lawrence (deluxe edition)

    # 40809

    CAMPBELL, Jean

    George Lawrence (deluxe edition)

    An illustrated biography with text by Jean Campbell. Sydney : Australian Artist Editions, 1980. Quarto, boards in illustrated dust jacket (light edge wear), illustrated with 45 colour plates, introduction by Lloyd Rees, essay by Jean Campbell, illustrated with pages from the artist’s sketch book. A very good copy. The deluxe edition, one of 345 copies …

  • Modern Australian Dreamtimes. A book about the freest of thoughts : the dreams

    # 40601

    BECHMANN, Jorgen

    Modern Australian Dreamtimes. A book about the freest of thoughts : the dreams

    Sydney : Art Nouveau Publishing Company, 1986. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 96, illustrated by the Danish-born Australian artist, slipcase. Limited to 3000 signed and numbered copies.

  • The etchings of Cedric Emanuel

    # 40652

    EMANUEL, Cedric

    The etchings of Cedric Emanuel

    Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1980. Folio, full leather in buckram slipcase, gilt-lettered on spine, 45 full page plates printed recto only, additional notes on the etchings by the artist. Original prospectus loosely enclosed. A near mint copy.

  • Akio Makigawa (new copy)

    # 40467

    MAKIGAWA, Carlier.

    Akio Makigawa (new copy)

    [Melbourne, Victoria] : Carlier Makigawa, 2013. Quarto, embossed strawboard with cloth spine, pp. 565, extensively illustrated, ribbon marker. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Photography by John and Kirsten Gollings. New copy, sealed in shrink-wrap. This magnificent 566-page publication arranged by renowned contemporary Carlier Makigawa to celebrate the life and work of her husband, Akio Makigawa, …

  • Russell Drysdale. A retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960 (signed copy)

    # 40348

    [DRYSDALE]. HAEFLIGER, Paul

    Russell Drysdale. A retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960 (signed copy)

    With an introduction by Paul Haefliger. Twelve paintings in colour and twenty-four in black & white. Sydney : Sydney Ure Smith [1960]. Quarto, boards in dust jacket (edges rubbed), photographic contact sheets reproduced as endpapers, introduction by Paul Haefliger, chronology of the artist’s life and work, twelve colour and twenty-four black & white plates, catalogue …

  • Howard & Ken were a double act.

    # 39938

    FRAZER, David.

    Howard & Ken were a double act.

    Wood engravings written & illustrated by David Frazer. Melbourne: the artist, 1999. Small quarto, half-cloth over black lettered papered boards, 40pp., fourteen original wood-engravings initialled by the artist. Hand printed by the artist at Monash Caulfield Printmaking Studio on Arch Aquarelle acid free paper. Letterpress by John Ryrie, bookbinding by Peter Wegner. Limited to only …

  • Franz Kempf graphic works 1962 – 1984 (deluxe edition)

    # 39983

    [KEMPF]. WESTON, Neville.

    Franz Kempf graphic works 1962 – 1984 (deluxe edition)

    Netley: Wakefield Press, 1984. Folio, half-leather over cloth in illustrated dustjacket, 100pp. illustrated. The limited edition of 150 copies, signed by the artist with an original colour lithograph loosely enclosed.

  • Kenneth Jack : printmaker. Prints 1946 - 1996 (signed copy by artist and author)

    # 39925

    KLEPAC, Lou

    Kenneth Jack : printmaker. Prints 1946 – 1996 (signed copy by artist and author)

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 1998. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 120, extensively illustrated. Signed by the artist and author on the title page.

  • Godfrey Miller 1893 - 1964

    # 39954

    EDWARDS, Deborah

    Godfrey Miller 1893 – 1964

    With contributions by John Henshaw and Ann Wookey. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 128, illustrated. A fine copy with the previous owner’s signature of LENORE [Boyd?] to half-title. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15th March – 5th …

  • The small treasures of a lifetime. Some early memories of Australian art and artists. (signed copy)

    # 39928

    REES, Lloyd

    The small treasures of a lifetime. Some early memories of Australian art and artists. (signed copy)

    Sydney : Ure Smith, 1969. First edition. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 162, illustrated. Signed by Lloyd Rees on the front free endpaper, dated Sydney, 4.11.72. Also signed by art historian Rachel Biven on endpaper.

  • The Ballad of Count von Jack

    # 39862

    FRAZER, David.

    The Ballad of Count von Jack

    Castlemaine : Unstable Press, 2011. Quarto, maroon buckram with lettered insert bound by the artist, [30] pp. letterpress, 9 original wood engravings, each initialled by the artist. A wry comment on the life of the artist, illustrated with Frazer’s trademark wit. Limited to 10 copies. Collections: SLV, University of Melbourne, Monash University.