Harold Cazneaux

(1878 - 1953)

SPIRIT OF ENDURANCE, 1937

silver gelatin photograph

26.5 x 31.0 cm (sight)
52.0 x 55.0 cm (frame)

inscribed verso: 222 / 15

Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000

Sold:
$1,964 (inc. BP)

Lot 7

Harold Cazneaux

SPIRIT OF ENDURANCE

, 1937

lot details

Harold Cazneaux (1878 - 1953)
SPIRIT OF ENDURANCE, 1937
silver gelatin photograph
26.5 x 31.0 cm (sight)
52.0 x 55.0 cm (frame)
inscribed verso: 222 / 15
Provenance

Laurie Le Guay, Sydney
Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Project 7 – Harold Cazneaux: 1878 – 1953, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 August –28 September 1975 (another example)
Spirit and Place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 21 November 1996 – 31 March 1997 (another example)
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 December 2000 – 11 February 2001 (another example)
The Enduring Glance: 20th Century Australian Photography from the Corrigan Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 22 June – 28 July 2002, cat. 15
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)
The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March – 8 June 2015, and touring (another example)

Literature

Ennis, H., Photography and Australia, Reaktion Books Ltd, London, 2007, p. 64 (illus., another example)
Newton, G., Silver and Grey – Fifty Years of Australian Photography 1900-1950, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1980, pl. 20 (illus., another example)
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001
, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2000, p. 61 (illus., another example)

Related Works

Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the AGNSW, NGA, SLSA, and NLA.