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1977 Rigby (Adelaide, Australia), 11 x 13 inches tall brown faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket, orange endpapers, copiously illustrated with mostly color photographs and reproductions of artwork, 159 pp. Slight rubbing to covers, with a bit of soiling to the fore page edges. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~RCL~ [4.5P] This volume presents a collection of 72 paintings from German-born Australian painter, Hans Heysen (1877-1968). Heysen is best known for his watercolors of monumental Australian gum trees. Heysen also produced images of men and animals toiling in the Australian bush, as well as groundbreaking depictions of arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges. List of plates: The two trees; Morning mist; The valley, Ambleside; Red gold; Zinnias and autumn fruits; Noonday rest; The rainbow; The pomp of parting day; Sallie; Summer; Study for: The Wonoka Crossing; A vase of flowers; Autumn landscape; Old Man Collins; Study for: In the Arkaba country, Flinders Ranges; Study for: Approaching storm with bushfire haze; Approaching storm with bushfire haze; Dutch luggers on coast of Scotland; Gums in moonlight; The farmyard; Cottage bunch; Adelaide railway station; Murray River gums; Interior St Mark's Cathedral, Venice; Droving into the light; Edge of the clearing; Study for: Droving into the light; Josephine and her bronzewings; Gums under mist; The fairy tale; Venice; Turning the plough; At a country sale; The blacksmith's shop; Sewing; The way home; Hauling timber; Haebich's Smithy; The willow tree; Prescott's Farm; A lord of the bush; The potato picker; At the panels; In the Moralana Gorge, with Mount Alec; Hahndorf cottages in moonlight; The quarry; The rick yard; The land of the Oratunga; Meadowsweet; Gums and cliffs, River Murray; Dutch luggers, Amsterdam; Cottage flowers; The Wilpenas from Etina, Flinders Ranges; The roadside gum, Hahndorf; Sunlight and frost; The sheltered pool; Study for: Red gums, Moralana, Flinders Ranges; South Coast; The hills of Rapid Bay; Study for: Red gums of the far North; Sunlight and shadows; Edward's Farm-frosty morning; Red gums of the far North; Red gums of the South East; The three gums; The morning spell; The track to the farm; Autumn morning; Droving sheep, summer's morn; Gums in sunlight; The road; Landscape: 'Australian gums'.
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