Laurence Le Guay
(1917 - 1990)
NATIVES, KANANA CEREMONY, c.1945
silver gelatin photograph on card
47.5 x 37.5 cm
bears inscription verso: LAURENCE Le Guay / NEW GUINEA NATIVES
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold:
$1,166 (inc. BP)
lot details
Laurence Le Guay (1917 - 1990)
NATIVES, KANANA CEREMONY, c.1945
silver gelatin photograph on card
47.5 x 37.5 cm
bears inscription verso: LAURENCE Le Guay / NEW GUINEA NATIVES
Provenance
The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne
Exhibited
The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 24 January – 8 May 1955, then touring worldwide until 1959 (another example)
Literature
Steichen, E., The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, p. 8 (illus., another example)
Peel, R., Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 190 (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 Clervaux Castle, Luxembourg