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Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art

by MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

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London: Longmans, 1965. From "The Arts in Australia" series. Succinct description of Aboriginal art in all mediums, from body painting to sand drawings, bark paintings, painted wooden shields, engraved stones and dendroglyphs. Mountford was an esteemed anthropologist and scholar of Aboriginal religion. Staple bound octavo booklet, illustrated in black & white and colour; original illustrated wrappers, a near fine copy.
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Art in Australia. A Quarterly Journal. Third Series Number 59

Art in Australia. A Quarterly Journal. Third Series Number 59

by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney & GELLERT, Leon

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Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1935. Of interest: 'Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art' by Ursula H. McConnel, detailed eight page article with four plates in colour of shield patterns and eight plates of Aboriginal subjects in black & white: the Chinese porcelain collection of Dr. R.S. Godsall, illustrated; tipped frontispiece plate of a watercolour by Kenneth Macqueen; some recent paintings by Margaret Preston by Gavin Long (one colour and four black & white plates); obituary of Bernard Hall by Lionel Lindsay; Kenneth Wilkinson on Thea Proctor (one colour and three black & white plates); obituary of Blamire Young by Lionel Lindsay; seven portraits from the Archibald Prize. Small quarto, original printed wrappers, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; a little external wear, near-fine copy.
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Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art

Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art

by THOMAS, Laurence, organiser

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Sydney: Ure Smith, 1951. First Edition. Catalogue for the exhibition organised by Lawrence Thomas. Perhaps most interesting for its mixture of indigenous and non-indigenous artists. Small octavo, decorated wrappers, catalogue with plates in colour and black & white, near fine.
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Oceania and Australia. The Art of the South Seas

Oceania and Australia. The Art of the South Seas

by BUHLER, Alfred, BARROW, Terry & MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

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London: Methuen, 1962. First Edition. A tour-de-force through the indigenous art of the South Pacific and Australia with high quality image reproduction. Small quarto, numerous tipped colour plates throughout, publisher's cloth; near fine copy with a worn slip case.
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Time Before Morning. Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines
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Time Before Morning. Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines

by ALLEN, Louis A.

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. First Edition. First edition work on the art and myths of the Aborigines of Arnhem Land. This copy has been inscribed to esteemed anthropologist Dr Fred McCarthy and signed by the author. Small quarto, plates in colour and black & white; original brown cloth, near fine copy in a clean dust-jacket.
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