Anne Ferran (born 1949)

SCENES ON THE DEATH OF NATURE I AND II, 1986

from series SCENES ON THE DEATH OF NATURE

gelatin silver photographs (diptych) 

i. 58.0 x 70.0 cm (sight)
ii. 58.0 x 62.5 cm (sight)
80.5 x 156.0 cm (frame)

edition of 10 and 2 AP

Probably: Stills Gallery, Sydney
Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney
Long term loan, University of Technology, Sydney, July 2004 – July 2021

Photographic work by Anne Ferran, The Performance Space, Sydney, 23 September – 12 October 1986 (another example)
Scenes On The Death Of Nature: Photographic Installation By Anne Ferran, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 19 March – 19 April 1987 (another example)
Australian Photography: the 1980s, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 20 February – 22 May 1988 (another example)
Shadow Land, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, 8 February – 19 April 2014; and touring
Versus Rodin, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 4 March — 2 July 2017 (another example, illus. in exhibition catalogue pp. 58 – 59)
KNOW MY NAME: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1990 TO NOW, PART 1, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 14 November 2020 – 9 May 2021 (another example)

Martin, A., ‘Immortal Stories’, Photofile, Summer, 1986, pp. 11, 12 – 13 (illus.), 14, 15
Ennis, H. and Davidson, K., Australian Photography: The 1980s, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1988 (illus. cover, another example)
Batchen, G., ‘Anne Ferran: Scenes and Scenarios’ in Carroll, A., Art From Australia. Eight Contemporary Views, Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 40 – 42
French, B. (ed.), Photofiles, An Australian Photography Reader, Power Publications and Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 1999, p. 68 (illus., another example)
Johnston, F., and Ferran, A., Shadow Land, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and Power Publications, Perth, 2014, pp. 15, 21, 22, 96 – 97 (illus. another example), 111
Know My Name, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2020, pp. 122, 123 (illus.), 124 – 125 (illus., detail, another example)
Allen, C., ‘Remember my name’, The Australian, 26 – 27 December 2020, pp. 10 – 11 (illus. another example)

Other examples of this photograph are held in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide