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Black Swan Of Trespass: The Emergence Of Modernist Painting In Australia To 1944, The

McQueen, Humphrey
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Draws on literary, political, scientific and economic discourses to locate the emergence of modernist art in Australia. It discusses the court case against Dobell’s Archibald Prize; defines modernism as ‘an open range of responses to a given nexus of problems’; locates Margaret Preston’s work in relation to European modernism and nationalist leanings. 241014

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AuthorMcQueen, Humphrey
Number of pagesxiv, 178
PublisherAlternative Publishing Cooperative, Sydney
Year Published1979
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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