Portrait of an artist: A biography of William Dobell by Brian Adams ISBN 13: 9780091480400

Hutchinson, Australia, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Art & Design. ISBN: 009148040X. ISBN/EAN: 9780091480400. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 34523. . 9780091480400

Hutchinson of Australia 1983 Hardback. Good.

U.S.A.: Hutchinson of Australia, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Richmond, Vic. : Hutchinson of Australia, 1983 332 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 27 cm.

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, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, closed tears and creases. Tiny stain on foot of rear panel. The biography of Australian art icon, Sir William Dobell, b. 24 September 1899, Newcastle, N.S.W., d. 14 May 1970, Wangi, N.S.W. His prizes, awards and exhibition list cover several pages, but include three highly prestigious Archibald Prizes for Portraiture . . . Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters, Postscript, Chapter notes, Prizes & Exhibitions, Dobell paintings in Australian Public Collections, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 1250g. [1.25KG.] * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please… Read more

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 eventual fortune would go hand-in-hand with a personal conviction that he was a great artist. 265 x 215mm., pp. 332, b/w & col. plates t/out, Prizes & Exhibitions, biblio., index. No inscriptions. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 009148040x

Richmond, Hutchinson, 1983. 1st Edition.. Hardcover, 4to., good condition in dustjacket which has a repaired closed tear on back cover, black & white and colour plates, notes, exhibitions, bibliography, index, 332pp.