Australian Art April 2025
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# 46441
BRUCE, Candice
Eugen von Guerard
Canberra : Australian Gallery Directors Council, 1980. Quarto, wrappers in dustjacket, light handling marks, pp. 136, illustrated. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half title.
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# 46438
GALBALLY, Ann
The art of John Peter Russell (The author’s copy)
Melbourne: Sun Books, 1977. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers, 124pp. illustrated throughout in colour. Catalogue of exhibition loosely enclosed. Acquired from the library of the author, renowned art historian Ann Galbally, her business card loosely enclosed.
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# 46434
[LINDSAY]. MENDELSSOHN, Joanna
Letters & liars
Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay Family. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1996. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 288, contains 16 pages of black & white plates of reproductions of photographs and artworks, a book detailing the lives and relationships between the members of the famous Australian art family, The Lindsays.
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# 46432
JAMES, Rodney et al
Sea of dreams. The lure of Port Philip Bay 1830 – 1914
Melbourne : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 82, illustrated.
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# 46431
RICH, Margaret
Eugene von Guerard in Ballarat
An exhibition for the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 5 October-2 December, 1990. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated. Includes: “Journal of an Australian gold digger by E.v.G”.
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# 46426
EDWARDS, Geoffrey et al.
Land of the Golden Fleece – Arthur Streeton in the Western District.
Geelong : Geelong Art Gallery, 2016. Quarto, printed wrappers, pp. 56, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 1000 copies.
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# 46417
DI TOMMASO, Lisa
The art of the First Fleet
Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. 112, extensively illustrated. Ethnographical and topographical art, zoology and botanical painting from the Natural History Museum, London.
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# 46366
MADDISON, Ruth
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a key survey of her social documentary practice from 1976 to the current day. Covering key periods within Maddison’s extensive …
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# 46350
SMITH, Bernard and WHEELER, Alwyne (eds.)
The art of the First Fleet & other early Australian drawings
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1988. Folio, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. A significant survey of Australia’s earliest colonial art, including ethnographical studies, natural history drawings, early views of Sydney and New South Wales as well as early maps.
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# 46295
NEVILLE, Richard
Mr J W Lewin : painter & naturalist
Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2012. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (light handling wear, spine sunned), pp. 272, illustrated; internally very clean, a good copy. Author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia – Birds of New South Wales, in 1813. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks, Mr …
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# 46284
HENSON, Bill (1955 -)
Bill Henson Photographs 1974 – 1984
With contributions by David Malouf, Peter Schjeldahl. Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1989. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (slight handling marks), 103 pp., previous owner’s name to half-title, a good copy. Catalogue of an exhibition held Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne 14 June – 7 July 1989. Scarce.
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# 46125
LOCK-WEIR, Tracey
Misty moderns : Australian tonalists 1915-1950
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (illustrating a work by Clarice Beckett), pp. 144, illustrated. A fine copy. Seminal exhibition of Australian modernism featuring the works of Clarice Beckett, Max Meldrum, Percy Leason, William Frater, Roland Wakelin, Colin Colahan, Polly Hurry, and others.
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# 46251
MURCH, Ria
Arthur Murch: An artist’s life 1902 – 1989
Sydney : Ruskin Rowe Press, 1997. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, 158pp. Monograph featuring full page colour images with foreward by Peter Pinson and introduction by Barry Pearce. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the title page.
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# 46497
RYAN, Judith et al.
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori : dulka warngiid = land of all
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated throughout. This beautifully illustrated publication features works drawn from public and private collections in an exhibition surveying the life and work of the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori c.1924–2015, the distinguished senior Kaiadilt woman artist from Bentinck Island in the Queensland’s Gulf of …
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# 45796
[WILLIAMS]. MCCAUGHEY, Patrick
Fred Williams 1927-1982
Sydney : Murdoch Books, 1996 (revised edition). Quarto, cloth-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket (laminate lifting), pp. 374, vibrantly illustrated throughout, extensive text on the work of Fred Williams, written by art curator cum academic Patrick McCaughey, a very good working copy.
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# 45667
LISTER, Anthony (1979 - )
[Sketchbook]
[Melbourne : Black Art Projects, 2013]. Oblong octavo (145 x 213 mm) black cloth bound boards, pp. [192], reproducing drawings from Anthony Lister’s sketchbooks from 2002 – 2012. Brisbane-born street artist Anthony Lister quickly shot to fame in the mid-2000s as a leading force in a new group of contemporary art-makers working outside the traditional …