Australian Art April 2025
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# 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 …
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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, …
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# 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 …
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.