| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface; 1 The Power of One; 2 Before the Widow Comes the Wife; 3 The Crimson Line; 4 The F Word; 5 Boom Times; 6 The Gold Standard; 7 Contemporary by Nature; 8 Copyright Wars; 9 Immortality; Notes; Select Bibliography; Cast of Characters; Interviews; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Summary |
The reputations of artists are curious things, influenced by factors beyond the quality of the work. Affairs of the Art explores the role those left behind play in burnishing an artist?s reputation after he or she dies. Through interviews with those handling the estates of artists including Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, John Brack, Howard Arkley, Bronwyn Oliver, George Baldessin and Albert Tucker, as well as a raft of art dealers, academics, curators and auctioneers, Strickland traverses the strange alleyways of the art market, where power resides with those who hold the best stock, and highl |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Artists -- Australia -- Biography
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Decedents' estates -- Australia
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Executors and administrators -- Australia
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Artists
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Decedents' estates
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Executors and administrators
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780522864083 |
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0522864082 |
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