Nora Heysen
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1989.
Large quarto, 80 pages with 2 portrait illustrations and 56 full-page colour plates.
Papered boards; a fine copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased, and slightly torn at the head and foot of the spine.
With the contemporary ownership signature of Peter Ward (twice), journalist and author. Nora Heysen (1911-2003) was Hans Heysen's fourth child and a fine artist in her own right; she was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and the first Australian woman to be appointed an official war artist.
Item #116298
Price (AUD):
$125.00
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