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Luthi, Bernhard
et al. ARATJARA - ART OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS. Traditional and Contemporary
Works by |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists. BNo.: 3-926154-17-9. First Edition, 1993 (pb) Pp: 379; 295mm x 240mm; |
| 1.90kg. 207 col, 50 b/w, 3 fig, 7 maps. Foreword, glossary, bibliography, the authors, photograph credits. A very good |
| paperback copy. DuMont Buchverlag, Koln, 1993. (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, |
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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. 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 in April-May 1985. Each painting is accompanied |
| with a brief outline of the artist's background and an interpretation of the painting - often with an annotated |
| diagrammatic drawing.) (Tjampitjinpa, Tjapaltjarri, Napaltjarri, Napanunga, Tjungarrayi, Anmatjera, Aranda, Pintupi, |
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Morphy, Howard
& Margo Smith Boles (editors). ART FROM THE LAND. Dialogues with
the Kluge-Ruhe Collection |
| of Australian Aboriginal Art. BNo.: 0-9577135-0-9. First Edition, 1999 (pb). Pp: vi, 266; 275mm x 230mm; 1.30kg. 168 |
| col, 6 b/w, 81 fig, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes on contributors, index. A very good paperback |
| copy. University of Virginia, 1999. (This collection, which comprises of more than 1600 objects of Aboriginal art and |
| material culture, was assembled by John Kluge over a ten year period. It has now been donated to the University of |
| Virginia where it is being used for exhibition, research and education. Contributors are: Margo Smith Boles |
| (introduction), Luke Taylor (Arnhem Land - western region), Howard Morphy (Arnhem Land - eastern region), Djon |
| Mundine (historical perspective), Wally Caruana (exhibition development), Christine Watson (Balgo area), Francoise |
| Dussart (Yuendumu), and Fred Myers (Pintupi).) (Keywords: Port Keats, Groote Eylandt, Bathurst Island, |
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Maningrida, Wagilag,
Balgo, Utopia, Great Sandy Desert, Tingarri, Kurlkurta, Uta Uta Tjangala.).
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Mountford,
Charles P. RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO
ARNHEM |
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LAND.
Vol.1 Art, Myth and Symbolism. BNo.: n/a. First Edition, 1956 (pb). Pp:
xxx, 514; 250mm x 190mm; 1.20kg. 2 col, |
| 160 b/w, 65 fig, 4 maps. Foreword, preface, acknow., references, index. A good paperback copy in printed wrap. |
| Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic, 1956. (The expedition set up camp sites at Groote Eylandt, Yirrkalla and |
| Oenpelli and chapters are assigned to each of these areas to describe the bark paintings, cave paintings, decorated |
| objects and myths and songs.) (Ethnology, Australian Aborigines, Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt, Yirrkalla, |
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Mountford,
Charles P. THE TIWI. Their Art, Myth and Ceremony. BNo.: n/a. First
Edition, 1958. Pp: 185; 250mm x |
| 160mm; 0.78kg. 2 col, 62 b/w, 15 fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, conclusions, references, index. A very |
| good copy in dust wrapper. Phoenix House London in association with Georgian House Ltd, Melbourne, 1958. (In |
| 1954 the National Geographic Society sent an expedition to Melville Island under the leadership of Charles |
| Mountford. This illustrated book is the result. The expedition investigated the initiation ceremonies and other |
| customs of the Tiwi men and women together with their terrestrial and celestial myths and legends. They also |
| examined the abstract art forms in which they expressed themselves.) (Keywords: Australian Aboriginal, bark |
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paintings, burial poles,
Pukamuni, Purukapali, Mandumpi.).
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Neale, Margo
et al. EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE - ALHALKERE. Paintings from Utopia.
BNo.: 0-646-34929-9. First |
| Edition, 1998 (pb). Pp: (xvi), 154; 295mm x 245mm; 1.30kg. 50 col, 15 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, preface, |
| introduction, catalogue, history, notes, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Macmillan Publishers Australia |
| Pty Ltd, South Yarra, Victoria, 1998. (This book has an introduction and essay by Margo Neale with essay |
| contributions from Anne Marie Brody, Christopher Hodges, Judith Ryan, ROGER Benjamin, and Philip Morrissey. |
| There is also an introductory photographic essay by Christopher Hodges and Greg Weight.) (Keywords: Utopia |
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panels, awelye, Anmatyerre,
Merne Kame, Batik, Ian Fairweather.).
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