
The case that stopped a nation : the Archibald Prize controversy of 1944 / Peter Edwell.
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The case that stopped a nation : the Archibald Prize controversy of 1944 / Peter Edwell.
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74VKar8LeRMM
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The case that stopped a nation : the Archibald Prize controversy of 1944 / Peter Edwell.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Ultimo, New South Wales : Halstead Press, [2021].
Call Numbers
G 2022/0287 , H 2022/0527
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Language
English
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— Physical Description
Contents
232 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Ultimo, New South Wales : Halstead Press, [2021].
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Summary
A lively and thorough telling of one of Australia's greatest front page scandals, involving key figures of the nation's art movement, politicians and business leaders, with William Dobell and Joshua Smith caught in the middle. Whilst World War II raged overseas, Australia's Archibald Prize, the wealthiest portrait prize in the world, drew huge crow...
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Full title
The case that stopped a nation : the Archibald Prize controversy of 1944 / Peter Edwell.
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Critics' Picks
Date Published
[2021].
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Date Copyright
©2021.
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
G 2022/0287 , H 2022/0527
Record Identifier
74VKar8LeRMM
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
ISBN
1925043592
9781925043594
DDC
757
MMS ID
991024445228202626