Title A bone of fact / David Walsh

Published Sydney : Picador, 2014 Sydney, New South Wales : Picador by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, 2014 ©2014

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MELB	708.0092 Walsh Wal/Bof		AVAILABLE

Description xiv unnumbered pages, 368 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm regular print Summary "David Walsh - the creator of Mona in Hobart - is both a giant and an enigma in the Australian art world. A multi-millionaire who made his money gambling, David has turned a wild vision into a unique reality; he is in turns controversial, mysterious and idolised. 'A bone of fact' is his utterly unconventional and absorbing memoir..."--Inside front cover Analysis Australian Notes "Wherein David Walsh, Mona owner, inventories his pretensions as 'art, science, maths, smartarse, penis, narcissist', and adds author to this tally."--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363) Audience Adult Notes Pages gilt-edged; illustrated endpapers Subject Walsh, David, 1961- Museum of Old and New Art. Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania. Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Art museums -- Australia -- Hobart (Tas.) Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Art, Ancient -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania. Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia. Art, Modern -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania. Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Art, Modern -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Art, Ancient -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Gamblers -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Gamblers -- Australia -- Biography. SUBJECT Hobart (Tas.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82069987 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Genre/Form Autobiographies. LC no. 2014472350 ISBN 9781742612911

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