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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.

    Call numbers

    G 2022/0287 , H 2022/0527

    Record identifier

    74VKar8LeRMM

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKar8LeRMM

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    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.

    Full title

    The case that stopped a nation : the Archibald Prize controversy of 1944 / Peter Edwell.

    Author / Creator

    Edwell, Peter, author.

    Publisher

    Ultimo, New South Wales : Halstead Press, [2021].

    Call Numbers

    G 2022/0287 , H 2022/0527

    Record Identifier

    74VKar8LeRMM

    Language

    English

    Formats

    Books

    — 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].

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Dobell, William,--Sir,--1899-1970 Smith, Joshua,--1905-1995 Archibald Prize Scandals Portraits Art Australia--History--20th century

    More information

    — 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...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    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.

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    G 2022/0287 , H 2022/0527

    Record Identifier

    74VKar8LeRMM

    Permalink

    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKar8LeRMM

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    ISBN

    1925043592

    9781925043594

    DDC

    757

    MMS ID

    991024445228202626

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