Wolfgang Sievers
(1913 - 2007)
THE BLACK MADONNA, 1957
silver gelatin photograph
40.0 x 50.0 cm
signed, dated, titled and inscribed on paper label verso: BLACK MADONNA / WEIPA METHODIST MISSION STATION / CAPE YORK, NORTH QUEENSLAND / 1957 / Wolfgang Sievers
Estimate:
$2,500 - $3,500
lot details
Private collection, Melbourne
Literature
Calado, J., The Photography of Wolfgang Sievers 1933–1993: Life Line, Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal, 2000, cat. 106, pl. 106, pp. 163, 246 (illus., another example)
Related Works
The “Black Madonna”, Aboriginal mother and child, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 19.2 cm, collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers / Helen Ennis, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 47