AUSTRALIAN ART May 2026
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# 50285
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
The mirror (1976)
Etching, 19.5 x 15 cm (plate line); 60 x 40 cm (sheet), titled lower centre, edition A/P (artist’s proof, the published edition was 30 copies), signed by Blackman lower right, a couple of very minor spots of foxing, unframed. A charming Blackman etching printed in colour. Collections: National Gallery of Australia (79.89) Provenance: The estate …
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# 50284
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Ding dong dell (circa 1975)
Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 14/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme. Ding dong …
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# 50283
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
I love Tom Jones (1969)
Colour screenprint, 40 x 57 cm (plate line); 56 x 76 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned V15/25 lower left, signed and dated by Blackman in pencil lower right, blind stamp lower right which reads “Hand-printed in collaboration with the artist. Paddington Print Studio, Australia’, light handling creases, unframed. A fine large format …
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# 50281
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Playtime (circa 1980)
Screenprint, 32 x 48 cm (image); 45.5 x 58 cm (sheet), titled lower centre and editioned lower left 57/100, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a fine example, unframed. A fine and dynamically composed Blackman screenprint of children at play. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 – 2024) The estate of …
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# 50279
FULLERTON, Patricia and SMITH, Bernard
Hugh Ramsay 1877 – 1906
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1992. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. 82, extensively illustrated.
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# 50263
VASSILIEFF, Danila
Danila Vassilieff (1898 – 1958)
Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1973. Octavo, folded sheet (lightly foxed), cover illustration, pp. 4, catalogue of 33 works with prices, biography, a very good copy.
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# 49675
MACKENZIE, Andrew
Frederick McCubbin 1855-1917: ‘The Proff’ and his art.
Melbourne: Mannagum Press, 1990. Folio, boards with colour illustrated dustjacket, slip case, 354pp, spine sunned, corners a little bumped. This is a monograph containing significant biographical and historical information on McCubbin, his family and the models in his artworks. There are numerous colour illustrations of his work. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author. …
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# 50257
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. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15th March – 5th May, 1996 and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15th …
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# 50256
ELKIN, A.P.; BERNDT, Roland; BERNDT, Catherine
Art in Arnhem Land
Chicago : Univ. of Chicago Press (printed at The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne), 1950. First edition. Small quarto, red cloth boards with gilt stamped design and lettering, in very good dustjacket (light edge wear, a couple of short tears, small chip with loss to upper panel), xii, 123 pp, folding map, illustrated with colour and monochrome …
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# 50253
[NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth
The Heritage of Namatjira : the watercolourists of Central Australia.
Melbourne : Heinemann, 1992. Large octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. xxii; 350, illustrated in colour, an excellent copy. The primary reference work on the Hermannsburg school. A quality copy of a title which is out of print and quite scarce.
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# 50252
RICHMOND, Oliffe
Oliffe Richmond 1919 – 1977. Sculptures and works on paper
Sydney : Watters Gallery, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. Price list enclosed.
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# 50249
WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)
Brett Whiteley : the graphics 1961-1992
Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1995. Small folio, illustrated cards, 120 pp, fully illustrated in colour and black and white, light handling marks to wrappers, a fine copy. A catalogue raisonne of Whiteley’s graphic output. 1000 copies were printed, of which (according to information provided by Chris Deutscher) approximately 400 were accidentally destroyed while in …
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# 50246
MacDONALD, Vici
Rosalie Gascoigne
Sydney : Regaro, 1998. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers (slightly creased), pp. 116, extensively illustrated. “After spending 31 years as a housewife and mother, Rosalie Gascoigne first exhibited her art in 1974, at the age of 57. Just four years later she was the subject of a major survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, …
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# 50245
MORGAN, Kendrah
Joy Hester : remember me
Melbourne : Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 168, illustrated. A fine copy. Book accompanying a solo exhibition at Heide, which was postponed due to COVID. ‘This exibition marks the centenary of the birth of Joy Hester (1920-1960), acknowledged today as one of Australia is most original and compelling artists, whose …
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# 50244
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
Norman Lindsay and his nudes
Melbourne : Monash Gallery of Art, 2000. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, [12]pp. Catalogue for travelling exhibition with numerous photograph reproductions throughout and essay by Jane Clark, Director of Paintings, Sotheby’s Australia. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies.
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# 50243
EDWARDS, Deborah
Rupert Bunny : artist in Paris
Deborah Edwards with Denise Mimmocchi, David Thomas and Anne Gaerard. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2009. Quarto, illustrated limp boards, pp. 224, illustrated. A fine copy. ‘In the late nineteenth century an era long recognised as that in which Australian artists made strenuous attempts to master European styles and forge European reputations, …