Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Small business

    # 34629

    WADELTON, David

    Small business

    Melbourne : M.33, 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 171, illustrated. New copy, printed in an edition of 500 copies. Small Business is a companion volume to David Wadelton’s Suburban Baroque – with the focus this time on work rather than domestic spaces. Designed once again by Yanni Florence and with an accompanying essay by Professor Natalie King OAM, Small Business looks at the small but …

  • Brett Whiteley : the graphics 1961-1992

    # 34585

    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 b/w. A catalogue raisonne of Whiteley’s graphic output. 1000 copies were printed, of which approximately 400 were accidentally destroyed while in storage. Scarce. A fine copy.

  • Brett Whiteley - Graphics 1961-1982.

    # 34583

    WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)

    Brett Whiteley – Graphics 1961-1982.

    Perth : Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1983. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (some small indentations to upper wrapper), 64 pp, illustrated in b/w and colour.  

  • Ken Unsworth

    # 34483

    UNSWORTH, Ken

    Ken Unsworth

    Exhibition curators: Anthony Bond and Michael Wardell ; edited by Kate van den Boogert. Melbourne, Victoria : Bookman Schwartz ; Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of N.S.W., [1998]. Quarto, lettered wrappers (lightly scuffed), pp. 95, illustrated. “This publication accompanies a survey of Ken Unsworth’s work shown at The Art Gallery of New South Wales 2nd …

  • Industry and nature : the etchings of Jessie Traill

    # 34511

    WILLIAMSON, Clare

    Industry and nature : the etchings of Jessie Traill

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 1989. Quarto, self-wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 12, illustrated.

  • The continuous landscape of distance : Fred Williams Bass Strait Island paintings

    # 34478

    WILLIAMS, Fred (1927 - 1982)

    The continuous landscape of distance : Fred Williams Bass Strait Island paintings

    [Launceston, Tasmania] : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, [2014]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [28], illustrated. A fine copy.

  • 162 Drawings Brett Whiteley 1960-85

    # 34535

    WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)

    162 Drawings Brett Whiteley 1960-85

    Sydney : Robin Gibson Gallery, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 54 pp, illustrated throughout, perfect bound, a few marks including adhesion mark from price sticker on lower wrapper, else a good copy.

  • Brett Whiteley : art & life (hardcover edition)

    # 34528

    [WHITELEY]. PEARCE, Barry, ROBERTSON, Bryan and WHITELEY, Wendy.

    Brett Whiteley : art & life (hardcover edition)

    Sydney : The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (bump to lower corners), pp. 240, contains 180 colour and 40 monochrome plates, foreword by Edmund Capon, text by Bryan Robertson, Barry Pearce and an interview between Barry Pearce and Wendy Whiteley.  

  • Brett. A portrait of Brett Whiteley by his sister. (Signed copy)

    # 34522

    [WHITELEY]. HOPKIRK, Frannie

    Brett. A portrait of Brett Whiteley by his sister. (Signed copy)

    Sydney : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Octavo, boards in illustrated dustjacket (corners bumped, short edge tears), pp. 453, illustrated, pages toned. First edition. This copy signed and inscribed by the author on the title page to notable production designer Wolf Kroeger and Jose, ‘old friends’.

  • Jeffrey Smart

    # 33750

    HART, Deborah and EDWARDS, Rebecca

    Jeffrey Smart

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2021. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 180, extensively illustrated. New copy. The year 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, an artist with a distinctive vision whose work enables us to see the world around us afresh. This publication celebrates and commemorates this significant anniversary. …

  • Spowers & Syme

    # 34106

    NOORDHUIS-FAIRFAX, Sarina

    Spowers & Syme

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2021. Quarto, illustrated papered boards, pp. 96, extensively illustrated. New copy, sealed in shrink-wrap. Spowers & Syme celebrates the artistic friendship of Melbourne artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme. Their prints, drawings and paintings – remarkable for their expressive energy – capture the zeitgeist of the interwar years. This …

  • Brett Whiteley

    # 34463

    MCGRATH, Sandra

    Brett Whiteley

    Sydney : Bay Books, 1979. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, with original wraparound yellow advertising band, pp. 232 illustrated throughout. First edition.

  • Elemental reckoning : the art of Tim Storrier 1981 - 2011

    # 34449

    WILSON, Gavin

    Elemental reckoning : the art of Tim Storrier 1981 – 2011

    Sydney : JAM Press, 2011. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 94, illustrated. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at S. H. Ervin Gallery.

  • David Strachan, 1919-1970

    # 34448

    [STRACHAN, David]; THOMAS, Daniel

    David Strachan, 1919-1970

    : … with a catalogue of the etchings by Nicholas Draffin. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1973. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (rubbed), 56 pp; with 61 of Strachan’s works illustrated in black and white; foreword by Peter Laverty, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

  • Margaret Woodward

    # 34229

    FRY, Gavin; KLEPAC, Lou

    Margaret Woodward

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2020. Revised edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 310 x 250 mm., pp. 168, 102 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. The softcover edition. Margaret Woodward is recognised as a distinctly original artist. Winner of the Wynne Prize, and many other awards. This book explains how her highly …

  • Jeffrey Smart retrospective (signed presentation copy for James Fairfax)

    # 34247

    SMART, Jeffrey (1921 - 2013)

    Jeffrey Smart retrospective (signed presentation copy for James Fairfax)

    By Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine. Sydney : The Beagle Press for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1999. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 212 pp, profusely illustrated. Related press cutting annotated by Fairfax loosely enclosed. Signed and inscribed by Jeffrey Smart for arts patron, collector and philanthropist James …