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Contemporary Australia : optimism

by John Birmingham, Julie Ewington, Lynne Seear

Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition, this volume explores the career of the South Australian landscape artist, featuring around 120 of his drawings, oil paintings and watercolours.

Accession 3658 ISBN 9780730830313 Publisher Queensland Art Gallery
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