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O'Brien, Gregory, 1961-

Don Binney : flight path / Gregory O'Brien. - Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2023. - 399 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Part 1: Taking flight 1940-1962 -- part 2: Between bird & headland 1963-1967 -- Part 3: Offshore 1968-1973 -- Part 4: Returning bird 1974-1985 -- Part 5: Four or five ways of not being a painter -- Part 6: Descending bird 1986-2012 -- A flight path -- an afterword -- Chronology -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

"Drawing extensively on Binney's letters, journals and other writings, award-winning author and curator Gregory O'Brien takes us into the world of this gifted but paradoxical artist. Richly illustrated with Binney's paintings, drawings and prints - alongside photographs and documentary materials - this is the first full-length monograph on one of New Zealand's most important twentieth-century artists"--Jacket.

ISBN: 9781869409661 1869409663

LCCN: 2023525924

Subjects--Personal Names:
Binney, D. H., 1940-2012.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Painters--New Zealand--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: ND1108 .B56

Dewey Class. No.: 759.993