Australian Photography
Collectors' List #110 - 2004

  Wolfgang Sievers (b.1913)  
125 International Harvestor
NATCO, Multiple Spinole Drill, Geelong, Victoria, c1950. Silver gelatin photograph, studio stamp and titled verso, 50.9 x 39.2cm. Chips and pinholes to edges, crease upper and lower left corners, laid down on original board.
Reproduced in Jorge Calado's "Wolfgang Sievers: Life Line 1933-1993", Portugal, 2000, #92. Provenance: Max Dupain Estate.

$5,500
126 International Harvestor
Geelong [Machine made by Ingersoll, Rockford, IL, USA], c1950. Silver gelatin photograph, signed on image lower right, and studio stamp and titled verso, 38 x 49.7cm. Chips to edges, pinholes to edges, minor water stain to upper margin, laid down on original backing.
Provenance: Max Dupain Estate.
$5,500
127 Men from Mars
Ford Motor Company [Spray Shop], 1952. Silver gelatin photograph, studio stamp and titled verso, 39.7 x 49.5cm. Chips to edges, laid down on original board.
Provenance: Max Dupain Estate.

$6,600
128 Bas Relief
(Grinding Door Pattern, Ford Motor Company, Geelong, Victoria), 1952. Solarised silver gelatin photograph, studio stamp and titled verso, 49.9 x 38.7cm. Chips to edges, puncture to centre left edge, scratch lower right corner, pin holes to corners, dent lower right corner, laid down on original backing.
Reproduced in Jorge Calado's "Wolfgang Sievers: Life Line 1933-1993", Portugal, 2000, #89. Provenance: Max Dupain Estate.

$5,500
129 Pottery by Brita Sievers
1953. Silver gelatin photograph, signed on image lower right, and studio stamp and titled verso, 44.9 x 38.8cm. Chips and pinholes to edges, minor dents, scratches to surface, dent lower left, minor surface loss, laid down on original board.
Reproduced in Jorge Calado's "Wolfgang Sievers: Life Line 1933-1993", Portugal, 2000, #82. Provenance: Max Dupain Estate.

$5,500