May Moore
(New Zealand/Australian, 1881 - 1931)
PORTRAIT OF DAME NELLIE MELBA, 1928
silver gelatin photograph
15.0 x 20.0 cm
signed and inscribed lower left: May / Moore / Sydney
inscribed with title and date lower right: Nellie Melba / 1928 and bears signature of Nellie Melba Lower margin
Estimate:
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold:
$1,105 (inc. BP)
lot details
inscribed with title and date lower right: Nellie Melba / 1928 and bears signature of Nellie Melba Lower margin
The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne
Exhibited
Critic’s Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 April – 10 July 1994 (another example)
Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 September – 17 November 2002 (another example)
Literature
Bullock, N., Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian Photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, (exhibition catalogue), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, n.p (another example)
Related Works
Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre, Melbourne