Books + Art - Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Art in Australia
Sydney Ure Smith
# 238
Art in Australia
Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916
– 1942). Complete in 100 issues. Series
1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2
(2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (81
issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large
quarto).
Illustrated wrappers, occasional
chipping, extensively illustrated, tippedin
plates, a very fine set. Together
with the special issue produced for the Society of Artists Exhibition 1922, limited to 1000 copies, and the useful Artist Index produced in limited
numbers by the State Library of New South Wales in 1973.
The most important resource on Australian art in the first half of the twentieth century. Art in Australia was conceived by Sydney Ure Smith as
a flagship for Australian painting and graphic art. The first issue was limited to 1000 copies, and was produced on a quality paper with tipped-in
colour reproductions of unprecedented quality for an Australian journal at that time. 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).
A fine set.
$ 11,000
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