Wolfgang Sievers
(1913 - 2007)
LATHE OPERATOR AT MARWEIGHT, BURNLEY, MELBOURNE, 1968
silver gelatin photograph on card
49.5 x 59.5 cm
signed and inscribed verso: WOLFGANG SIEVERS, MARWEIGHT / MELBOURNE
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold:
$1,350 (inc. BP)
© National Library of Australia
lot details
The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne
Exhibited
The Life and Work of Wolfgang Sievers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 22 June – 1 September 1991, then touring to National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 7 – 25 September 1991; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 December – 19 January 1992; Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 24 January – 23 February 1992; Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 3 April – 17 May 1992; Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1 June – 11 July 1992 (another example)
Literature
Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, pp. 40, 41 (illus., another example)
McKenzie, I., Contemporary Photographers Australia: Wolfgang Sievers, WriteLight, Blackheath, New South Wales, 1998, n.p. (illus., another example)
Related Works
Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the National Library of Australia, Canberra