MARGARET PRESTON'S MONOTYPES by PRESTON: SYDNEY, Ure Smith (Editor)

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1930. 84pp, bw & col ills. Or wraps with integral flaps. Minor edgewear to yapped covers, spine chipped at top and bottom, first/last pages and edges heavily foxed, margins of some text pages foxed. This issue includes The Lambert Exhibition; Shaw Nielson (by Blamire Young); Woodblocking as a Craft (by Margaret preston); L. Bernard Hall (by JS MacDonald. Margaret Preston woodblock to front cover. Nicer than average copy.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1931. 70pp, bw & col ills. Or blue wraps with integral flaps. Light edgewear to yapped covers, first blank page heavily foxed, page edges evenly toned, some foxing to margins of text pages. This issue includes George Lambert (by Lionel Lindsay); Caroline Dexter-The Wife of an Artists (by Dora Wilcox & William Moore);The Art Galelry of Wanganui (by Margaret preston);Colin Colahan; Harold parker's Scupture and GRW Nevinson (by PG Konody). Margaret Preston woodblock to front cover. Much nicer than average copy.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to.

Sydney: Art in Australia, 1932. 74pp, bw & col ills. Or cream wraps with integral flaps. Light edgewear to yapped covers, occasional light foxing. This issuefeatures Thea Proctor with articles by Ethel Anderson and Basil Burdett. Much nicer than average copy.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to.

Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Lee (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 68, a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. horse racing, road racing, military matters (with a double fold out illustration of an aircraft carrier), colour advertisements and photographs. 'Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one of the most sophisticated and stylish design journals and Australian ‘lifestyle’ publications of the 1920s and 30s. As well as having covers decorated by distinguished Australian artists and designers, there were also artist-designed full page colour advertisements published within the magazine or as features on back covers. Aimed at middle class Australian women, the magazine documented the social concerns of the day through feature articles and photography. Through these articles, cover designs, advertisements and photography, one can assess the impact of international… Read More

Sydney : John Fairfax, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Hinder (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 72, a fine copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. horse racing, military aviation, colour advertisements and photographs. 'Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one of the most sophisticated and stylish design journals and Australian ‘lifestyle’ publications of the 1920s and 30s. As well as having covers decorated by distinguished Australian artists and designers, there were also artist-designed full page colour advertisements published within the magazine or as features on back covers. Aimed at middle class Australian women, the magazine documented the social concerns of the day through feature articles and photography. Through these articles, cover designs, advertisements and photography, one can assess the impact of international art and design movements on Australia and on the personal tastes and… Read More

Sydney : John Fairfax, 1938. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Hera Roberts (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 74, a fine copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. Literary contributors include David McNicoll, this issue also includes full page advertisements, and photographs by Frank Hurley. Includes 'this month's colour print for framing : ""The Dragon Fly"", oil painting by Margaret Preston'. 'Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one of the most sophisticated and stylish design journals and Australian ‘lifestyle’ publications of the 1920s and 30s. As well as having covers decorated by distinguished Australian artists and designers, there were also artist-designed full page colour advertisements published within the magazine or as features on back covers. Aimed at middle class Australian women, the magazine documented the social concerns of the day through feature articles and photography. Through these… Read More

Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1927. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers; unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, light edge wear and occasional light foxing, a very good copy.. A special edition of art in Australia showcasing the works of Margaret Preston. Illustrations include 14 colour plates, 7 coloured woodcuts, 15 sepia plates and 11 woodcuts. Art in Australia was conceived by Sydney Ure Smith as a flagship for Australian painting and graphic art, and has become the most important resource on Australian art in the first half of the twentieth century. Robert Holden writes ‘The magazine became a showcase of Australian printing ability and set new standards of advertising excellence …' Artistic layout, quality graphic work in colour, an harmonious choice of typography and carefully worded text were all combined …’ (Cover Up, Sydney: 1995, p. 74). For over a quarter of a century, and through its different formats, Art in… Read More