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“Orcades” Departure, Pyrmont
c1948/1990s. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “c1948” and signed in ink and pencil in lower margin and verso, 33.9 x 33cm. Provenance: David Moore estate. Held in Australian National Maritime Museum. “In 1951 Moore took the brave step of turning down an offer of a junior partnership with Dupain to seek a career in photojournalism overseas. He worked a passage on the Oronsay [sister to the Orcades] to London by taking photographs for the Orient Line.” Ref: Gael Newton, The Spread of Time: The photography of David Moore, exhibition catalogue, NGA, 2003.
Item #CL191-125
Price (AUD): $7,700.00 other currencies
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