Indonesian Art: Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Dutch Indian Archipelago
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1901. Hardcover. Navy blue library buckram. 60 pp + 25 plates. Oversize. More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1901. Hardcover. Navy blue library buckram. 60 pp + 25 plates. Oversize. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, orange & illus. dust jacket, 360 pp., many BW illus., one tipped-in color plate. Documents this collection of Captain A. W. F. Fuller (1882-1961), who never had a chance to visit the islands..... More
Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 1993. Hardcover. White cloth with color illus. inlaid on front cover, white & color illus. dust jacket, 637 pp., many BW & color illus., 2 fold-outs; weighs 8.5 lbs. Text is in French. Series: L'Art et les Grandes Civilisations. An in-depth exploration of the art of..... More
New York: D'Arcy Galleries, 1968. Softcover. Narrow black wraps, 19 pp. of text, 105 pp. of BW illus., one color fold-out. Text is in German, French and English. Introduces the wood carvings of the people who lived along the Karawari River in northern New Guinea. Begins with an essay by..... More
Washington, DC: The Smithsonian, 1951. Softcover. Beige stapled wraps with cover map of Australia and black lettering. 12 pp. with no illus. Catalogue of the traveling exhibition of works from Arnham Land, the aboriginal reserve in the extreme northern part of Australia. With a brief introduction about the reserve and..... More
Paris: Musee Dapper, 1992. Hardcover. Black stamped cloth, black & illus. dust jacket, 252 pp., many color illus. Text is in French. Details quite a number of pieces of art brought to Europe in the 18th century from Micronesia, Polynesia, ad Melanesia. With many large full-color plates. More
Castlemaine, Australia: Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, 2011. Hardcover. Red boards. Red dust jacket with color pictorial front. 151 pp. Many color plates. Number 328 of 1500 copies. Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875-1955) is one of Australia's most significant painters of flowers, portraits, and interiors. More
Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia, 1999. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, VI, 266 pp., many color illus. The Kluge-Ruhe Collections, now held by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, is one of the largest and best-documented collections of Australian Aboriginal art outside Australia. Art from the Land focuses on..... More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2000. Softcover. Color illustrated boards. v, 58 pages : color illustrations, fascims. Essays to accompany the exhibition The World upside down: Australia 1788-1830, at the National Library of Australia, 4 March-25 June 2000./ Includes bibliographical references. More
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 2009. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with yellow and white lettering; 176 pp. with 50 color plates and numerous additional figures; with supplement in back pocket. The art of Papunya has a continuity with mark-making, song cycles, and storytelling that precedes the invention of cuneiform writing in..... More
Tahiti: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1965. Softbound. Beige paper wraps, 60pp, profuse b/w and sepia images. Text is in French. Catalog celebrating the opening of the Gauguin Museum in Tahiti. Includes a lengthy preface and introductory remarks by Heim and Sicurani. With numerous photos of the museum and patrons as well of..... More
Sydney: The State Art Galleries of Australia, 1960. Softcover. Glossy orange/black illustrated wraps with white lettering. 36 pp. with 22 bw illus. Catalogue from the traveling exhibition of 1960-61 to 6 major Australian museums. With a lengthy, informative essay by McCarthy, Curator of Anthropology at the Australian Museum. The catalogue..... More
Houston, Texas: Menil Foundation, Inc., 2011. Hardcover. Dark beige cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 136 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color, with 96 color figures. Accompanied an exhibition of the same name, which appeared at the Menil Collection and the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts; Includes six..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Hurst Gallery, 1988. Softcover. White pictorial stapled wraps; 52 pp.; 1 bw map, 2 color plates tipped in, 90 bw figures. Accompanied an exhibition at Hurst Gallery' 104 pieces listed, with annotations; Includes a bibliography. More
Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1981. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, marbled paper slipcase. Volume 1: [55] profuse bw illustrations. Volume 2: [49] over 30 bw sketch reproductions. One book is a facsimile of a Julian Ashton sketchbook, one of the earliest of the 6 in the National Gallery's collection. The other..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Hurst Gallery, 1992. Softcover. Black wraps, 80 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of 90 pieces of artwork from Melanesian craftsmen. With an introduction by Norman Hurst, and many BW and color illustrations of the selections. More
Sydney, Australia: Ure Smith Pty. Limited, 1946. Softcover. Grey wraps; Color illus. dj.; 80 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Includes illustrations by Hans Heysen, Donald Friend, Jean Isherwood, Dorothea Johnston, Norman Carter, Margaret Preston, Ian Fairweather, and many others; Features articles about art gallery reforms, art in Brisbane, country exhibitions..... More
New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1959. Hardcover. Tan boards, white & tan dust jacket, 64 pp., 102 BW illus. "Lake Sentani, on the north coast of New Guinea near the famous war-time base at Hollandia, was the home of a remarkable native culture. Its roots can be traced..... More
Los Angeles: Otis Art Institute, 1961. Softcover. Green stapled wraps with image of shadow puppet; white/black lettering. 16 pp. with occasional bw illus. Includes a short introduction about the arts of Indonesia and brief remarks about each collection from which objects were lent for the exhibition. Shadow puppets, paintings, batiks..... More
New York: 22 Wooster Gallery, 1985. Softcover. White wraps with colored lettering; 16 pp. with 6 color plates. Includes works by Gretchen Albrecht, Stephen Bambury, Jeffrey Harris, Richard Killeen, James Ross, and Philip Trusttum, with biographies. More
Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Museum, 2000. Softcover. Silver illus. wraps; 64 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Explores Bunjilaka, the part of the Melbourne Museum opened in 2000, dedicated to Aboriginal cultural activities. More
Wellington, N.Z.; Auckland, N.Z. City Gallery, Wellington; Wellington City Council; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland City Council, 1993. Softcover. Black wraps with BW illustration. 120 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and BW. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Alter/image, 1 Aug.-21 Nov. 1993 at the City Gallery, Wellington and..... More
New York, New York: Pace Primitive, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 28 pp.; 1 gatefold; Profusely illustrated with color photos. Includes masks, figures, friezes, and other items from Melanesia, particularly the areas of Papua New Guinea and New Ireland. More
Kangaroo Press, 1986. Hardbound. Hardcover with brown boards and pictorial dust jacket. 103 pages, blue coloured endpapers, profusely illustrated. More
San Diego Museum of Art, 1991. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 175 pp. Profusely illustrate din color. Includes a very useful bibliography, many nice color plates. More