Portrait Of an Artist

Melbourne, Hutchinson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In 1944, during the final years of the war, an extra-ordinary court case in Sydney focused attention on the sharp divisions between traditional and modern art in Australia. It was to make a middle-aged painter named Willian Dobell an overnight celebrity and set him on a career where fame and… Read more about this item

Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Hutchinson, 1983. 332pp., unpaginated colour-art plates throughout. Intext, candid and b/w art halftone plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm., gilt title there-on. Front free endpaper excised, small splash spot on block edge, otherwise leaves clean. Nominal shelfwear and bump on backstrip. Art-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, closed tears and creases. Tiny stain on foot of rear panel. The biography… Read more about this item

Hutchinson of Australia 1983 Hardback. Good.

Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1983. 332 pp including index, quarto, tinted end-papers, coloured plates, b&w photographic illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.. Includes detailed dialogue from the Joshua Smith portrait trial.