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Splendours of civilisation : the John Money Collection at the Eastern Southland Gallery

by Michael King

This work details how sexologist John Money's art collection came to be housed at New Zealand's Eastern Southland Gallery, exploring his life and patronage of the 20th-century artists, writers and composers who helped shape the nation's cultural fabric.

Accession 13259 ISBN 0473107899 Publisher Eastern Southland Gallery, Longacre Press
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