 Frank Hurley 1907 to 1950sCollectors' List 120 2006 |
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120 [Infantrymen of the 1st Division... ...during a Rest in the Dugouts at Ypres], 1917. Brown-toned carbon print, 40.5 x 51cm. Original frame. Illustrated with caption in Ennis, Man with a Camera: Frank Hurley Overseas, 2002, p36 and in O'Keefe, Hurley at War, 1986, p39: "In Ypres the troops often lived in underground cellars, but almost continuous shelling from the German lines made the ruined city nearly as dangerous as the front lines. Getting to and from it from Steenvorde, where Hurley had his quarters and photographic darkroom, was a constantly hazardous undertaking (Sept 23 1917)." Larger format of item 121. |
$16,500 |
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121 [Infantrymen of the 1st Division... ...during a Rest in the Dugouts at Ypres], 1917/c1920. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated "E1223" in pencil in an unknown hand with Australian War Museum (Melbourne) sales stamp verso, 13.6 x 19cm. Slight silvering to edges. Illustrated with caption in Ennis, Man with a Camera: Frank Hurley Overseas, 2002, p36 and in O'Keefe, Hurley at War, 1986, p39: "In Ypres the troops often lived in underground cellars, but almost continuous shelling from the German lines made the ruined city nearly as dangerous as the front lines. Getting to and from it from Steenvorde, where Hurley had his quarters and photographic darkroom, was a constantly hazardous undertaking (Sept 23 1917)." The Australian War Museum changed its name to the Australian War Memorial in 1923. |
$1,750 |
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122 [Silhouette of a Cannon] c1917/c1920. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated "E923" in pencil in an unknown hand with Australian War Museum (Melbourne) sales stamp verso, 14.9 x 20.5cm. The Australian War Museum changed its name to the Australian War Memorial in 1923. |
$1,650 |
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123 Ypres Sector c1917. Toned silver gelatin photograph, titled in pencil verso, 18.1 x 37.2cm. Holes to image lower left, slight foxing verso. Depicts soldiers with wounded, clustered around an old ruin in a field. |
$5,500 |
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124 [Abandoned Tank with... ...a Line of Horses and Soldiers], c1917/c1920. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated "E1410" in pencil in an unknown hand with Australian War Museum (Melbourne) sales stamp verso, 14.1 x 19cm. The Australian War Museum changed its name to the Australian War Memorial in 1923. |
$1,650 |
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125 [Battery of Five '18 Pounders'... ...being Prepared for Battle], c1917. Toned silver gelatin photograph, 24 x 36.9cm. Slight foxing verso. An encampment of Australian soldiers tending to their artillery. |
$6,600 |
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126 [Australian Soldiers Below... ...Ecce Homo Arch, Jerusalem], c1917. Toned silver gelatin photograph, 39.3 x 30.4cm. Pin holes to corners, handling crinkles, slight foxing verso. Hurley returned to Jerusalem in 1940 and retook another photograph of the Ecce Homo Arch which is illustrated in Hurley, The Holy City, 1949. Spanning the Via Dolorosa, the arch is attached to the Ecce Homo Convent of the Sisters of Zion. It was built by Emperor Hadrian in 135 CE to commemorate victory over Bar Kochba. The name derives from a belief that Pontius Pilate stood there and proclaimed "Ecce Homo!'' (Behold the man!) when presenting Jesus crowned with thorns. |
$6,600 |
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127 Ruins of Gaza, Palestine 1918. Silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 18.1cm. Title appears in a presentation album held at the State Library of NSW. Depicts two soldiers from the Australian Light Horse Brigade standing amongst ruins, looking up at a bi-plane. |
$3,300 |
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128 [Frank Hurley & Writer Maslyn Williams... ...Looking across the Valley of Jehosaphat onto Jerusalem], c1941. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned in ink verso, 20.9 x 25.9cm. Caption reads "Self. Standing at camera - Maslyn Williams film The Holy City from the Mount of Olives. Here every stone seems to talk ancient history; the very earth is the dust of bygone generations." Illustrated with caption in Bickel, In Search of Frank Hurley, 1980, p104. |
$2,200 |
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