Art in Australia : Sixth number

A$40 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens ​ C. Lloyd Jones . Sydney : Art in Australia, 1919. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated (mild foxing throughout), illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, an excellent copy. Essay by Lionel Lindsay on Hans Heysen s Watercolours; essay by Bertram Stevens on M. Napier Waller; essay by Sydney Ure Smith on Norman Lindsay s Etchings; illustrations by Heysen, Napier Waller, Dyson, Norman Lindsay, Hilda Rix-Nicholas et al. 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 Australia reviewed and discussed all aspects of Australian art exhibited in both commercial public galleries. Its longevity as a journal was due to its modern approach to design, with many covers being icons of art deco style in themselves.

• Binding: Hardcover

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