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1966/2005. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated, dated and signed in ink verso, 30.2 x 45.9cm. Annotation reads “Australian Outrage, Ure-Smith, pp42-43.”. More
1966/2005. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated, dated and signed in ink verso, 30.2 x 45.9cm. Annotation reads “Australian Outrage, Ure-Smith, pp42-43.”. More
1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated, annotated “for The Observer and signed in ink with photographer’s stamp verso, 38 x 25.6cm. Minor creases, silvering, scuffing and developing flaws, minor chips to right edge of image. Stamp includes “David Potts, Photographer. 11/11-15 Gilbert St, Dover Heights, Sydney NSW 2039.” Held..... More
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil with faint partial photographer’s stamp verso, 8.5 x 15cm. Stamp reads “E.G. Rome, Photographic Artist…WA.” Cancelled portion of title reads “Near Darling Ranges.” Sign on corrugated iron building reads “Railway Bakery.”. More
1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in pencil by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright stamp verso, 17.3 x 24.5cm. Minor crack to upper right corner. Caption continues “Victoria, Australia.” Variant image illustrated in Howe and Esau, E.O. Hoppé’s Australia, 2007, p100. More
1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in ink by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright, “Dorien Leigh Ltd” agency and “Empire Literary Service” stamps verso, 18.2 x 24.1cm. Minor chips to edges. Annotation reads “Sydney.” Empire stamp includes “69 Fleet Street London. E.O. 4.” Illustrated in..... More
1933. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, each signed in pencil on backing below image, 21.4 x 19.3cm to 18.9 x 29cm. Retouching to surface loss, slight silvering and creases, laid down on original backing. These images were illustrated in a 1933 volume of The Home magazine, captioned “Submarine playroom. These..... More
c1931/1976. Group of 20 silver gelatin photographs, 19 taken by Mallard, one taken by unknown photographer of Mallard, all printed by photographer David Moore, each signed, authenticated, annotated and dated “1976” by Lisa Moore, daughter of David Moore, in pencil verso, sizes range from 25.9 x 25.6cm to 36.1 x 25.8cm. Some..... More
1870. Group of four albumen paper photographs, two captioned and dated in pencil verso, sizes range from 12.8 x 27.5cm to 21.8 x 26cm. Foxing, fading to some; most with small missing portions and crinkles; some with old, repaired tears and tape verso. Captions include “From Northern Gallery” and “Western Gallery” of..... More
1917. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “E659” and “38” in pencil verso, typed caption including date on accompanying slip, 28 x 38cm. Minor water damage to right portion, slight surface loss to edges. Caption reads “E426. The Band of the 5th Australian Inf. Bdge led by Bandmaster-Sergeant Pheagan, of the..... More
1873/1890s. Group of three works consisting of one image printed in three different mediums: (1) Albumen paper photograph, numbered “8” in negative lower right, 19.6 x 14.3cm. Slight silvering to edges, old retouching; (2) Toned silver gelatin photograph with trimmed caption “Australian Ab[originals” in negative lower right, 41.1 x 20.8cm..... More
c1960s. Group of 11 vintage silver gelatin photographs, most with annotations in pencil or ink, typed captions or attached slips of newsprint, or artist’s stamps verso, 18.9 x 24.8cm to 25.3 x 30.8cm. Tears, creases, surface loss and stains overall. Captions include: (a) Sheep and drovers go on road first..... More
1956/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil on mount below image, signed in ink on photographer’s label attached to mount verso, 29.1 x 30.1cm. Label reads “This print was made by the photographer on premium grade fibre-based paper, twice fixed, selenium-toned, extensively washed then matted and..... More
1975. Series of five vintage silver gelatin photographs on Kodalith transfer film, each signed with faint series title and date in pencil on accompanying original backing, 20.1 x 25.2cm (approx. each). This series was photographed from a television documentary film on Jack Lang in 1975, the year he died. The..... More
1954. Group of four vintage silver gelatin photographs, each signed and dated in pencil with photographer’s stamp and some with label or caption in pencil verso, 20.3 x 25.5cm to 24.2 x 28cm. Some with dents or minor handling crinkles, slight wear to corners. Captions read “Rosehill Races.” Two labels..... More
2000/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, numbered “16”, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 18.9 x 28.3cm. “The aim of ‘Our City, Our Games’ was to observe and record Sydney’s transformation to an Olympic City. My proposal to document the city and its people during the brief period of intense world..... More
2000/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 18.9 x 28.3cm. Excerpt from Liz Cotter: “The aim of ‘Our City, Our Games’ was to observe and record Sydney’s transformation to an Olympic City. My proposal to document the city and its people during the brief period of..... More
1994/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 28.2 x 19cm. Excerpt from Liz Cotter: “The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children project enabled me to follow the experiences of patients in this century-old facility prior to its closure and relocation. I was able to document interactions between..... More
1997. Vintage C-type photograph, signed, titled and dated in ink verso, 21.9 x 22cm. Minor scuffing. Having been associated with the Friends of the Finger Wharf, Cotter was commissioned by them to document the reconstruction of the wharf into apartments and a hotel. One aspect of this involved the massive..... More
c1965. Vintage silver gelatin photograph proof sheet, multiple numeric annotations by Max Dupain in pencil, and signed by son Rex Dupain in pencil in authentication stamp verso, 20.3 x 12.8cm. Handling crinkles, minor chips to edges. The Sydney Opera House was designed by Danish architect Jörn Utzon in 1957. Construction..... More
c1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by photographer’s son Rex Dupain in pencil in authentication stamp verso, 37 x 30.7cm. Handling creases, minor tears to lower edge and upper left corner. “The first Qantas [Lockheed] Constellation arrived in Australia on its delivery flight from Burbank [California] on 14 October 1947..... More
1967/1990. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 28.2 x 40.3cm. Minor creases, crinkles, chips to edges. Title continues “at Sydney Morning Herald, Broadway, Sydney, NSW.” Illustrated in Bishop, In dreams: thirty years of photography 1960–1990, p21. Held in AGNSW with variant title. “Mervyn Bishop is an..... More
1971. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, untitled caption on mimeographed slip affixed with tape verso, 24.1 x 19.1cm. Old tape marks verso. Caption reads “A nurse races this three-year-old boy—he’d taken an overdose of drugs—into St Margaret’s Children’s Hospital at Darlinghurst. His mother, with a police escort, had dashed him and..... More
1976/1990. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink in lower margin, 30.1 x 30.2cm. Minor creases and stain to image centre left. Illustrated in Bishop, In dreams: thirty years of photography 1960–1990, p84. Mungindi is situated on both sides of the NSW and Queensland borders. It is divided..... More
1974/1990. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 36.9 x 27cm. Slight foxing, handling creases. Illustrated in Bishop, In dreams: thirty years of photography 1960–1990, p60. Held in AGNSW. More
c1914. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in negative lower left, signed “O.F. Plucke, Maryborough” in ink on backing below image, 10.8 x 15cm. Laid down on original backing. The Victorian Rangers in this image may be going off to WWI. The Victorian Rangers was a volunteer regiment that was first..... More