Jeff Carter
(1928 - 2010)
THE DREAMER, STARVATION BORE, 1963
selenium toned black and white photograph
37.5 x 56.0 cm (sight)
60.0 x 80.0 cm (frame)
signed, dated and inscribed with title on mount below image: “The Dreamer”. Starvation Bore 1963 / Jeff Carter
signed on artist’s label verso
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
Sold:
$2,945 (inc. BP)
lot details
60.0 x 80.0 cm (frame)
signed on artist’s label verso
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 December 2000 – 11 February 2001, and touring (another example)
Beach, Bush + Battlers: photographs by Jeff Carter, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 January – 20 February 2011 (another example)
Literature
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2000, p. 106 (illus., another example)
Related Works
Another example of this photograph is held in the collection of the NLA, NGA and the AGSA.

