David Moore (1927 - 2003)

ABORIGINAL COUPLE, FINNISS SPRINGS MISSION, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 1959

silver gelatin photograph

22.5 x 23.0 cm (image)
38.0 x 30.0 cm (sheet)

signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: David Moore / ABORIGINAL COUPLE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 1959
photographer's stamp verso

The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne

From Face to Face: Photographs by David Moore, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 21 November 2000 – 18 February 2001 (another example)
David Moore: A Vision, 1927 – 2003, A Monash Gallery of Touring Exhibition, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 7 April – 18 June 2006, then touring to Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 12 August – 17 September 2006; Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, 16 March – 24 April 2007, Gold Coast City Gallery, 1 June – 29 July 2007; Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, 6 October – 18 November 2007; Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, 29 November 2007 – 20 January 2008; Port Pirie Regional Gallery, Port Pirie, 5 April – 5 June 2008; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, 28 June – 24 August 2008 (another example)
David Moore: 100 Photographs, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 November 2005 – 5 March 2006, cat. 48 (another example)

Moore, D., David Moore: Australian Photographer, Volume I, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 1988, p. 89 (illus., another example)
Moore, D., and Thomas, D., From Face to Face: Photographs by David Moore, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, in association with National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2000, pp. 52, 119 (illus., another example)
Moore, D., David Moore: A Vision, 1927 – 2003, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne , 2006, n.p. (illus., another example)

Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the National Library of Australia, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra and the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney