Corner Shop, Harris Street, Sydney
1960/2000. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated “for Outrage”, signed and dated in ink with photographer’s stamp verso, 36.4 x 35.7cm. Stamp reads “Photographer David Potts, 11/11-15 Gilbert St, Dover Heights, Sydney NSW 2030, Australia. (02)-9371-7618.” Upon his return to Australia from London in 1955 “Potts responded to a changing nation by providing pungent, graphic black-and-white photographs of Australia’s perceived mediocre urban environment for the crusading architect Robin Boyd’s 1962 book The Australian Ugliness, and the 1964 Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ exhibition Australian Outrage.” Ref: ‘David Potts, Colourful Chronicler of Life’, SMH, 11.12.2012.
Item #CL185-158
Price (AUD): $2,650.00 other currencies