Australian Art Pottery: 1900 - 1950 

Edited by Kevin Fahy, John Freeland, Keith Free, and Andrew Simpson

Published by Casuarina Press, Sydney, 2004

First Edition as a Limited Edition of 2,000 copies, this is copy number 1295

BRAND NEW

With 480 colour plates

"The result of a five year in preparation which has exposed a number of previously unheralded potters and re-assessed the work of others. Edited by Kevin Fahy, John Freeland, Keith Free and Andrew Simpson, Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950 includes nine thematic essays and over 118 authoritative biographies of the best art potters. 

The scholarly text is sharply focused by more than 480 colour images of carefully selected objects chosen from the best public and private collections of pottery in the country. Many examples are illustrated here for the first time. Reflecting a commitment to excellence, both the essays and biographies are prepared by 23 of Australia's most accomplished art historians, curators, critics and collectors. 

Essay themes include the Brisbane's Harvey School by Glenn Cooke; Art Pottery and China Painting in Western Australian: A few Tall Poppies by Dorothy Erickson; The Sydney Technical College Arts and Crafts School by Keith Free; Industrial Art Pottery an Early and Enduring Presence and Indigenous Reference in Australian Pottery: Appropriation, Adaption and Abstraction by John Freeland; The Emergence of Studio Pottery and the Folk Craft Modernists by Noris Ioannou; Studio Pottery in Tasmanian by Glenda King; Melbourne Studio Pottery of the 1930s: The Melbourne Tech Group by Terence Lane; and Merric Boyd and the Murrumbeena Pottery by Joe Pascoe.'" - The Publisher.

In illustrated hardcover with titles embossed in gilt to the front cover and to the spine, with the dustjacket, in 362 pages. The Dustjacket: There is no shelfwear. There is no sunning. There is no foxing. There are no tears, chips, or creases. The Book: There is no shelfwear. There are no previous owners' names or inscriptions. There is no foxing at all. All plates are bright, fresh, and crisp - pristine. There is no sunning. There are no missing, loose, creased, stained or damaged pages. The spine and binding are solid. It is complete and original. 

Measures 17.5cm x 25cm x 4cm.