Rebels and Precursorsthe Revolutionary Years Of Australian Art

Ringwood: Allen Lane, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Ringwood, Allen Lane, 1981. Square quarto, x, 324 pages with numerous plates (many in colour). Papered boards slightly rubbed and sunned; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned on the spine and slightly creased. Signed on the half-title by the author and Max Harris, one… Read more about this item

Melb. Allen Lane., 1981.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 324pp. Many colour & b/w ills. Fine. The scarce 1st ed. Signed by the author and with a handwritten letter from him. An Australian art classic examining the art of the period & the social & political preoccupations & the artists & their critics.

Melbourne, Allen Lane 1981.. x+324pp. 4to. Original boards in dustwrapper, a little faded on backstrip. Colour reproductions and b/w photographs.A few light marks on edges, otherwise a very good copy. . Signed by the Author ,

Melb. Allen Lane., 1981.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 324pp. Many col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. In the 1930s and 1940s they were Australia's 'rebels'. Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Yosl Bergner, Noel Counihan and others broke through to a new art after personal struggle

Melbourne, Allen Lane 1981.. 245 x 214 mm; text endpapers, 112 colour illustrations within text, 14 b/w. ilustrations within text, notes, acknowledgements, illustrations, bibliography, index; dustwrapper.. A very good copy.. First edition. "This isn't just art in the 1930s and 1940s but also examines social and political preoccupations of these artists, their friends and their critics."