Portrait Of An Artist: A Biography of William Dobell by ADAMS, Brian

Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia, 1983. 332pp, index, bibliogaphy, notes, bw & col ills. or boards in jacket. Light rubbing to board edges, 1cm tear to edge of front free endpaper. Biography of Australian painter William Dobell, for whom the prestigious Dobell Prize is named.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

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 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 email for quote.. First… Read More

Hutchinson of Australia 1983 Hardback. Good.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Hutchinson of Australia, 1983. Jacket has general wear to edges. Small cut to spine. Contents very good. 332 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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