Australian Art April 2025

  • Tony Tuckson. Themes and variations

    # 46634

    TUCKSON, Tony.

    Tony Tuckson. Themes and variations

    Melbourne : Heide Park and Art Gallery, 1989. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 28, illustrated.  

  • Classical modernism: the George Bell circle

    # 46633

    ST JOHN MOORE, Felicity

    Classical modernism: the George Bell circle

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1992. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 139, illustrated in colour, includes the artists Sam Ateyo, Yvonne Atkinson, Cecil Beaton, George Bell, Barbara Brash, Dorothy Braund, Lina Bryans, Frances Burke, Nutter Buzacott, Wolfgang Cardamatis, Maie Casey, Rod Clarke, Yvonne Cohen, Bill Coleman, Jack Courier, Sybil Craig, Russell Drysdale, Moya Dyring, Mary …

  • Harley C. Griffiths, 1908-1981

    # 46631

    PERRY Peter

    Harley C. Griffiths, 1908-1981

    Castlemaine : Castlemaine Art Gallery &​ Historical Museum, 1987. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (rubbed), pp. 22, illustrated.

  • Dale Hickey : one hundred drawings

    # 46629

    [HICKEY, Dale]

    Dale Hickey : one hundred drawings

    Melbourne : Powell Street Gallery, 1991. Quarto, silver wrappers (lightly marked), pp 32. Exhibition catalogue with twenty pages of colour plate reproductions of selected works; introduction by Chris McAuliffe.

  • Australian prints in the Australian National Gallery

    # 46628

    BUTLER, Roger.

    Australian prints in the Australian National Gallery

    Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Margaret Preston, pp. 56, illustrated with images by Lewin, Rodius, Gillray, von Guerard, Roberts, Lindsay, Conder, Bunny, Trail, Preston, Spowers, Waller, Brack, Williams, Boyd, etc.  

  • A survey of Australian relief prints, 1900/1950

    # 46627

    Deutsher, Chris; Butler, Roger.

    A survey of Australian relief prints, 1900/1950

    Melbourne : Deutscher Galleries, 1978. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers, edges rubbed, 125pp. Illustrated in black and white showing woodcut and linocut prints, with additional biographical information on the artists represented. Crease to lower wrapper, light handling wear, a very good reference copy.

  • John Passmore 1904 - 84. Retrospective

    # 46626

    PASSMORE, John

    John Passmore 1904 – 84. Retrospective

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1984. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated.

  • The Antipodeans : challenge and response in Australian art 1955 - 1965

    # 46625

    McDONALD, John et al.

    The Antipodeans : challenge and response in Australian art 1955 – 1965

    Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. A detailed study of the Antipodeans and their circle, namely Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, Charles Blackman, Robert Dickerson, Clifton Pugh, John Brack and John Perceval.

  • All the rage. The poster in Victoria 1850 - 2000.

    # 46624

    All the rage. The poster in Victoria 1850 – 2000.

    Melbourne : State Library of Victoria, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 74, illustrated.

  • Field to figuration : Australian art 1960-1986

    # 46620

    LINDSAY, Robert

    Field to figuration : Australian art 1960-1986

    Works from the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (one corner bumped), previous owner’s name to title page, pp.  128, illustrated. Davida Allen, Howard Arkley, Peter Booth, Mike Brown, George Baldessin, Dale Hickey, Robert Hunter, Colin Lanceley, Bea Maddock, John David, Robert Rooney, Andrew Siblet, Stellarc, Gareth …

  • J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    # 46615

    HILDER, J. J. et al.

    J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    Watercolours from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. [20, illustrated. Works by J. J. Hilder, Sydney Long, Hans Heysen, Blamire Young and Norman Lindsay.

  • Tony Tuckson 1921-1973

    # 46614

    THOMAS, Daniel

    Tony Tuckson 1921-1973

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1976. Square octavo, pictorial wrappers, pp 52. Illustrated with black and white reproductions.

  • Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect.

    # 46613

    BECKETT, Clarice.

    Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect.

    Melbourne: Ian Potter Museum of Art, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (spine sunned, as commonly found), 76pp., staple impression to a few early leaves, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies, now scarce. Text by Rosalind Hollinrake.  

  • The Babe is wise : Lina Bryans and her portraits

    # 46612

    FORWOOD, Gillian (curator)

    The Babe is wise : Lina Bryans and her portraits

    Melbourne : University of Melbourne, Museum of Art, 1995. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light sunning to spine, pp. 72, illustrated. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.

  • The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788 – 1975

    # 46609

    STURGEON, Graeme.

    The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788 – 1975

    London: Thomas and Hudson Ltd, 1978. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, 256pp. Features 160 illustrations. Contemporary newspaper reviews referred to Sturgeon’s book as “the first history of sculpture in Australia…..a significant cultural landmark.”

  • Charles Conder 1862-1909 (Ann Galbally's copy)

    # 46608

    [CONDER]. GALBALLY, Ann, PEARCE, Barry, et al.

    Charles Conder 1862-1909 (Ann Galbally’s copy)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 208, foreword by Edmund Capon, text by Barry Pearce, essay ‘Confessions of a collector’ by Barry Humphries, essay on Conder by Ann Galbally, catalogue of works including plein air paintings, paintings on silk, fans, lithographs, portraits and patrons, catalogue of 109 works, …