Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley.

Toowong; Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications; 2000.. First Edition; Oblong Super Royal 4to; pp. x, 464; illustrated endpapers, text illustrated with over 620 coloured photographs, numerous text drawings, glossary, bibliography, index, bound in purple mock-crocodile skin with title lettered in gilt on spine, laid down illustration on upper board, fine copy. SCARCE. Grahame Walsh's masterpiece, "Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley", a vast an unclassifiable book, part photographic essay, part speculative anthropology. When the book was published it marked the moment of Walsh's greatest difficulty as well as the first pinnacle of his public renown. Protest from Kimberley Aboriginal groups angered by his interpretation of the Bradshaw style redoubled; rock art experts resented his refusal to share his data or provide access to sites he knew. But the overwhelming detail collected in the book and the depth of his knowledge of the tradition made their own case. It became impossible to deny that Walsh, through his solitary efforts, had uncovered a vast, half-forgotten realm of indigenous art.