Wolfgang Sievers
(1913 - 2007)
GEARS FOR MINING INDUSTRY, VICKERS RUWOLT, BURNLEY, MELBOURNE, 1967 (also known as 'THE GEARS')
silver gelatin photograph
48.0 x 38.5 cm (sight)
74.0 x 62.0 cm (frame)
signed in image lower right: Wolfgang Sievers
bears inscription verso: 29
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$7,977 (inc. BP)
© National Library of Australia
lot details
74.0 x 62.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: 29
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)
The Enduring Glance: 20th Century Australian Photography from the Corrigan Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 22 June – 28 July 2002, cat. 29
Literature
Photofile, Autumn 1988 (illus. cover, another example)
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2000, p. 113 (illus., another example)
Related Works
Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the AGNSW, NLA, NGA and the AGSA.