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Detail of front cover of AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PAINTINGS (isaacs1p 150/207 ISAA1)
Isaacs, Jennifer. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PAINTINGS. A selection of traditional paintings. BNo. 1-86302-011-X. Reprint Edition 1997 (1989). Pp: 192; 290mm x 205mm; 1.13kg. 120 col. Introduction, acknowledgments, index, footnotes. A very good copy in illustrated hard-cover in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Weldon Publishing, Willoughby, NSW, 1997. (The selection spans decades and displays the disctive styles of two regions of Australia: the Western Desert and Arnhem Land) (Keywords: Pintupi, Anmatyerre, Warlpiri, Papunya, Kintore, Liagawumirr, Elcho Island, Milingimbi, Ganalbingu, Ramingining).
Book Code: L587 AU$48
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Isaacs, Jennifer. ABORIGINALITY. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings and Prints. BNo. 0-7022-2476-6. Revised Edition, 1992 (1989). Pp: 144; 260mm x 255mm; 1.00kg. 85 col. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, biographical detail, list of plates. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1992. (The modern artwork illustrated in this book represents new directions in Aboriginal art. The 85 colour paintings and prints reveal a meld of traditional Aboriginal imagery, urban subject matter and richly-layered spirituality) (Keywords: Art, Australian, Aboriginal artists, Campbell, Casey, Abdulla, Bennett, Pike, Nickolls, Quaill).
Book Code: E011 AU$45
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Detail of wrap - DESART - Aboriginal art and craft centres of Central Australia (james01p 170/235 JAME01)
James, Diana (text & co-ordinator). DESART. Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres of Central Australia. BNo.0-646-15546-6. First Edition, 1993 (pb). Pp: (vi), 46; 295mm x 210mm; 0.28kg. 19 col, 1 map. Foreword by P.J. Keating, introduction, directory, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Desart, Alice Springs, 1993. (The Desart catalogue meets a need in the market by demonstrating the range and quality of contemporary Aboriginal art. It shows the works of some twelve Aboriginal art and craft centres of Central Australian region, all owned by the producers, and representing some 1500 artists and craftspeople. The central desert is renowned for the quality and diversity of its artworks and this publication confirms its reputation. Importantly, it also guarantees the authenticity and integrity of the work) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Central Australia, Aboriginal, art and craft centres).
Book Code: T403 SOLD - now out of stock AU$20
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Detail of wrap - ART AND LAND - Aboriginal Sculptures of the Lake Eyre Region (jones2p 150/194 JONE2)
Jones, Philip and Peter Sutton. ART AND LAND. Aboriginal Sculptures of the Lake Eyre Region. BNo. 0-949268-90-9. First Edition, 1986 (pb). Pp: 144; 280mm x 215mm; 0.69kg. 41 col, 483 b/w, 12 fig, 7 maps. Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, notes, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum and Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986. (The focus of this book is on those remarkable Aboriginal objects called Toa. They receive attention, not only as objects of information, but as objects of symbolic representation of the Diyari and associated language groups of the Lake Eyre Basin) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Billipilpana, Burukarla, Dampawaruna, Darana, Dimpiwalakana,Godagodana, Jelkabalubaluna).
Book Code: M338 AU$25
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Detail of wrapper - The Oxford Companion to ABORIGINAL ART and CULTURE - A Voice to Australian Indigenous Peoples (kleinert05p 170/199 KLEI05)
Kleinert, Sylvia & Margo Neale (editors). The Oxford Companion to ABORIGINAL ART and CULTURE - A Voice to Australian Indigenous Peoples. BNo. 0-19-550649-9. First Edition, 2000 Pp: xxvi, 758; 245mm x 190mm; 2.17kg. 32 col, 378 b/w, 9 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, notes, glossary, index, appendix. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2000. (This book is a unique work of reference for the academic and the general reader alike. It contains concise and authoritative analyses by distinquished indigenous and non-idigenous scholars. With over 400 illustrations, primary focus is the visual arts) (Keywords: Art, culture, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem, Torres Strait, Kimberley, Desert).
Book Code: U346 AU$120
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Detail of wrapper - ABORIGINAL ARTISTS - Dictionary of Biographies (kreczman2p 150/216 KREC2)
Kreczmanski, Janusz & Margo Birnberg. ABORIGINAL ARTISTS - Dictionary of Biographies. Central Desert, Western Desert and Kimberley Region. BNo.1-876622-47-4. First Edition, 2004. Pp: 446; 250mm x 170mm; 1.50kg. num col, 1 map. Foreword, general introduction, acknowledgments, index of artists, bibliography. A very good hardback copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; wrp: vg. J.B. Publishing, Adelaide, 2004. (The Aboriginal Artists Dictionary is a meticulously researched biographical dictionary containing more than 1000 entries about artists from the central and western deserts and from the Kimberley region. It is set to become the definitive reference work on Aboriginal artists of these regions and an essential reference for all collectors and people with an interest in Aboriginal art. The book includes a brief biography and relevant exhibition entries for artists who painted from the beginning of the 1970s to late 2003. It is lavishly illustrated with portraits of the artists and examples of their work, complemented by photographs of of country and desert landscapes) (Keywords: Contemporary art, traditional, Australia, Aboriginal, Central, Western Desert, Kimberley).
Book Code: R752 AU$68
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Detail of wrapper - BEYOND SACRED (laverty01p 175/240 LAVE01)
Laverty, Colin; Howard Morphy, Will Owen, Nick Waterlow, Judith Ryan et al. BEYOND SACRED - Recent painting from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities. The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty. BNo.978-1-74066-570-4. First Edition, 2008. Pp: viii, 352; 330mm x 240mm; 2.32kg. num col, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, contributors, essays, index of artists, notes, further reading, credits, acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008. (This book showcases the the depth of the Laverty collection of Australian Aboriginal contemporary art. It includes works that have been exhibited in museums and contemporary art galleries throughout Australia and overseas. It features renowned artists such as Rover Thomas, Emily Kngwarreye and John Mawurndjul as well as newer discoveries such as Alma Webou Kalaju and Christine Yukenbarri. It also includes contributions from some of the most eminent art scholars working in Australia) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Papunya, Kintore, Kiwirrkura, Yuendumu, Utopia, Wirrimanu, Kimberley, Arnhem Land, Maningrida, Yirrkala and many other regions).
Book Code: V225 AU$109
Note: Contributors and essays are:
(p.8) Morphy, Howard - The Laverty Collection: Exploring the Qualities of Aboriginal Art; (p.20) Owen, Will - Transmuted Traditions: The Modernity of Australian Aboriginal Art; (p.26) Waterlow, Nick - The Contemporary and Aboriginal Art; (p.30) Ryan, Judith - Shock of the Ancient Made New; (p.46) Sweeney, Paul - Papunya, Kintore (Walungurru) & Kiwirrkura; (p.56) Scholes, Luke - Naata Nungurrayi, from Kintore (Walungurru); (p.89) Hodges, Christopher - Emily Kame Kngwarreye, from Utopia; (p.109) Laverty, Colin - Wirrimanu (Balgo); (p.122) Carty, John - Eubena Nampitjin from Wirrimanu (Balgo); (p.160) Rohr, Emily - Bidyadanga; (p.170) Rohr, Emily - Alma Webou Kalaju, from Bidyadanga; (p.198) Petitjean, Georges - Contemporary Art from the East Kimberley: An Overview; (p.202) Petitjean, Georges - Rover Thomas, from Warmun (Turkey Creek); (p.224) Oliver, Tony - Paddy Bedford, from Crocodile Hole and Kununurra; (p.256) Rey, Una - Kitty Kantilla, from Melville Island; (p.269) Kohen, Apolline - Maningrida; (p.276) Kohen, Apolline - John Mawurndjul, from Maningrida; (p.297) Stubbs, Will - Yirrkala; (p.300) Blake, Andrew - Wukun Wanambi, from Yirrkala;
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Luthi, Bernhard et al. ARATJARA. Kunst der ersten Australien Traditionelle und Zeitgenossische. BNo. 3-7701-2975-X. First German, 1993. Pp: 376; 295mm x 240mm; 2.20kg. 207 col, 50 b/w, 3 fig, 5 maps. Vorbemerkung, leihgeber, dank, vorwort, glossar, bibliographie, die autoren, photonachweis. A very good copy in dust wrapper with brown cloth boards. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. DuMont Buchverlag, Koln, 1993. (All text is in the German language. The introductory section contains articles on various art-related topics by a number of contributors: Bernhard Luthi, Jean-Hubert Martin, Ulrich Krempel, Gary Lee, Judith Ryan, Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Banduk Marika, Henrietta Fourmile, Diane Moon, Les Griggs, and Gordon Bennett) (Keywords: Torres Strait, Arnhem Land, Northern Queensland, Kimberley, Central, Western, Southern Desert, Jardiwarnpa Dreaming).
Book Code: L676 AU$160
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McCarthy, F.D. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ROCK ART. Engravings and paintings. BNo. 0-7240-1523-X. Fourth Edition, 1979 (1958) (pb). Pp: 92; 240mm x 175mm; 0.25kg. 85 col, b/w & fig, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, bibliography. A good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp; g. (minor wear). Australian Museum, Sydney, 1979. (The significance of Aboriginal rock art is outlined in relation to it's role of religious expression and its portrayal of rituals and myths. This book illustrates just some of the 1200 sites across Australia) (Keywords: Indigenous art, ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, rock art, carvings).
Book Code: Q035 AU$18
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Detail of cover - AUSTRALIA'S ABORIGINES - Their Life and Culture(mccarthy04p 180/247 MCCA04)
McCarthy, Frederick D. AUSTRALIA'S ABORIGINES. Their Life and Culture. BNo. n/a. First Limited Ed. 1967. Pp: 200; 305mm x 240mm; 1.76kg. 93 col, 210 b/w, 12 fig, 2 maps. Author's note, introductions, bibliography, index. A very good copy with cloth boards in slip box. (Copy No.191). Cvr: vg; sl: vg. Colorgravure Publications, Melbourne, 1957. (This book is a general account of life of the Aborigines of the continent, and contains chapters on their origin, physical characteristics, economic life, technology, social life, religion, magic and art, their way of disposing of the dead, and their historical background of their culture. It is illustrated by a series of photographs of Arnhem Land natives by Axel Poignant, and those of Central Australia and Northern Territory by Sir W. Baldwin Spencer and Dr H. Basedow, of the Kimberleys by G. Donkin and Dr H. Keast, with others from New South Wales and Queensland) (Keywords: Australia, Aboriginal religion, magic, art, bark painting, ethnology, anthropology).
Book Code: J296 AU$280
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Detail of front of wrapper - ABORIGINAL ARTEFACTS (mccourt01ap 160/210 MCCO01)
McCourt, Tom. ABORIGINAL ARTEFACTS. Record of Aboriginal culture - art and artefacts. BNo. 0-85179-867-5 First Edition, 1975. Pp: x, 154; 250mm x 190mm; 0.79kg. 115 col, 6 b/w, 21 fig, 11 maps. Foreword, introduction, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (wear on corners of cvr; small piece missing top front corner of wrp; pastedown on fep). Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1975. (The author assembled the collection over many years and the artefacts come from places as far apart as the Northern Territory and south-eastern South Australia. A series of drawings and numerous colour and black and white photographs give a full coverage of the artefacts described in the text) (Keywords: Artefacts, Northwest Australia, Kimberley, Aboriginal, Wandjina, Tjuringa, Warrenbo tribe, Allulla Corroboree, Charlie Numbulbor at Gibb River).
Book Code: J070 SOLD - now out of stock AU$48
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Detail of front cover of DOT & CIRCLE - A retrospective survey of the Aboriginal acrylic paintings of Central Australia (maughan01p 160/238 MAUG01)
Maughan, Janet & Jenny Zimmer. DOT AND CIRCLE. A retrospective survey of the Aboriginal acrylic paintings of Central Australia. BNo. 0-86444-090-1. First Edition, 1986 (hb). Pp: 206; 285mm x 205mm; 1.05kg. 18 col, 116 b/w, 32 fig, 1 tab, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, introduction, appendix, bibliography, checklist. A very good hardback copy with an illustrated wrap. Cvr: vg. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1986. (This catalogue was produced to provide support to a loan exhibition of 102 Aboriginal acrylic paintings from the Flinders University of South Australia and which was displayed in the RMIT Gallery, Melbourne) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Central Australia, Aboriginal, Tjampitjinpa, Tjapaltjarri, Napaltjarri, Napanunga, Tjungarrayi, Anmatjera, Aranda, Pintupi, Luritja, Walpiri).
Book Code: L797 SOLD - now out of stock AU$250
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