22 Greg Barrett (Australian, b.1943)
Sarah Peace, 1998/2000. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed
and dated (twice) in pencil verso, 37.5 x 46.7cm.
Illustrated
in Barrett, Tutu, Sydney, 1999, p73. Sarah Peace joined
the Australian Ballet in 1989.
$1,650
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23 Greg Barrett (Australian, b.1943)
Steve [Irwin] And Croc, 2003/2007. C-type photograph, signed
and dated in ink in lower margin, titled, dated (twice) and signed
in ink verso, 34.3 x 45.8cm.
The
negative of this image is held by the Irwin family and to date
only two prints have been made and signed by Barrett, one of
them being held in the National Library of Australia collection.
$2,200
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24 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951)
Denise, No. 1, 1976/2007. Ink jet print, signed, dated, titled
and annotated in pencil verso, 52.1 x 33.9cm. Minor scuffs to
image lower left, slight surface loss to lower left corner of
margin.
$3,300
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25 Mervyn Bishop (Australian, b.1945)
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil Into The Hand Of Traditional
Land Owner Vincent Linginari, 1975/c1991. Silver gelatin photograph,
titled, dated (twice) and signed in pencil verso, 30.8 x 30.3cm.
Slight crinkles to image, tear to lower margin and minor wear
to edges.
Bishop
was commissioned by the Department Aboriginal Affairs to document
this historic event of handing back the land to the Indigenous
people. This picture was shot in colour and then converted to
black and white for publishing purposes. Only a few prints were
made by Bishop before 1991 when he returned to his negatives
to print for his touring show In Dreams.
$6,600
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26 Mervyn Bishop (Australian, b.1945)
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil Into The Hand Of Traditional
Land Owner Vincent Linginari, 1975/2009. Digital c-type photograph,
signed in ink in lower margin, titled and dated (twice) in ink
verso, 33.6 x 33.4cm.
Original
negative converted to digital format for printing. Mervyn Bishop
commenced a four year photography cadetship with the Sydney Morning
Herald in 1963 (where he worked for seventeen years), becoming
Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer.
$1,100
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27 Mervyn Bishop (Australian, b.1945)
"Is There An Aboriginal Photography" Selfportrait,
1989/c1991. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated
(twice) and signed in pencil verso, 37.8 x 40.2cm. Minor chips
to edges of image
Shown
in 1998 at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) exhibition
Re-take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography.
Kelly Gellatly, NGA, wrote "In this witty photograph, Bishop
holds a tiny toy camera to his right eye; the gesture questions
the desire to narrowly define and experience his work as 'Aboriginal.'
Is the 'Aboriginal' nature of a photograph necessarily discernible,
and does identification of an artist as Aboriginal make a difference?"
Mervyn Bishop commenced a four year photography cadetship with
the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963 (where he worked for seventeen
years), becoming Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer.
$4,400
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28 Mervyn Bishop (Australian, b.1945)
Life And Death Dash (Darlinghurst, NSW), 1989/c1991. Vintage
silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated, dated and signed
in pencil verso, 38.7 x 30.3cm. Slight crinkles overall, surface
cracking and chips to edges of image.
Annotation
reads "Sister Anne Bourne from St Margaret's Hospital."
Mervyn Bishop commenced a four year photography cadetship with
the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963 (where he worked for seventeen
years), becoming Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer.
$4,400
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29 Cecil W. Bostock (Aus., 1884- 1939)
Homage, 1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated
and monogrammed in pencil on backing below image, 21.1 x 29.4cm.
Slight foxing, stains and faults to emulsion. Laid down on original
backing.
This
image was taken during the celebrations of the opening of the
Harbour Bridge.
$2,200
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30 Cecil W. Bostock (Australian, 1884-1939)
Jungle, 1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated
and monogrammed in pencil on backing below image, annotated in
pencil on backing verso, 27.5 x 18.8cm. Laid down on original
backing. Annotation
reads "Barque Pamir - loaded wool at Sydney, for London.
Had to dismantle topmasts to clear the bridge, Sydney Harbour."
$4,400
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31 Cecil W. Bostock (Australian, 1884-1939)
Byway, 1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated
and monogrammed in pencil on backing below image, 24.8 x 25.1cm.
Minor chips to edges of image. Laid down on original backing.
Max
Dupain wrote of Bostock: "I was apprenticed to Cecil Bostock
for 3 years. This very thorough craftsman and the study of his
exacting and original methods formed a solid background for my
future work and development. It was a tortuous experience for
such a sensitive fresher, but in spite of the financial depression,
the mercurial temperament of Bostock, and the moral and physical
struggle to reconcile my psychology with his, I came good and
owe a great debt to him."
(Ref: Bostock Exhibition in 2005 at Lady Denman Maritime Museum,
South Coast, NSW).
$3,800
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