THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ART OF WOLFGANG SIEVERS continued...
The Photographic Art Of Wolfgang Sievers continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2431 |
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 1976 'Old Cottages, Aldinga, South Australia', Kodak Endura Archival C-Type print (35x27cm), recess mounted, overall 51x41cm,
unsigned, very fine. Aldinga is a small coastal community on the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 45km south of Adelaide. [This image - and all other versions offered at auction in the past 20 years - is cropped from a larger photograph: see the next lot.
Two very similar but signed prints sold at auction in 2010 & 2016 for $1560 & $1115 respectively. One of them was titled 'Retired Sea Captain Cottages at Aldinga'] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2432 |
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 1976 'Old Cottages, Aldinga, South Australia' Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print (80x101cm plus 5cm black
border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore, very fine. The more usual cropped image - see the previous lot - is perhaps more painterly & impactful. However, the full photograph, with the dramatic cloudscape, has a more airy quality.
This is the largest known print of the full photograph, of which no example has been offered at auction in the last 20+ years. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2433 |
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 1977 'Escalator Site, Parliament Station, 1977', Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print (79x101cm plus 5cm black
border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore, very fine. The largest known print of this stunning Hades-like image of two diminutive workmen dwarfed by the vast & unfurnished escalator tunnel descending into the bowels of the earth.
Melbourne's subterranean Parliament Station opened in 1983. At that time it had the longest escalators in the Southern Hemisphere. [Two much smaller but signed prints sold at auction in 2010 for $3360 & $3600 respectively] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2434 |
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 1980 'Underground Equipment Repair Shop, North Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, 1980' Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print
(101x81cm plus 5cm black border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore, very fine. For more than 100 years, BHP Ltd's North Mine at Broken Hill was one of the largest Silver/Lead/Zinc underground mines in the world. Production ceased in
2008. This is the largest known print of one of Wolfgang Siever's lesser-known but highly emotive works: the underground clutter of men & machines can be seen as anticipating the barren cities of the future. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2435 |
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 1980 (c.) 'Dragline Scoop, Drayton Coal Mine, NSW' Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print (101x80cm plus 5cm black
border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore, very fine. This overtly dramatic & confronting image of a huge machine gouging massive chunks out of the earth's surface can be seen as presaging a dystopian post-industrial world. This is the
largest known print. [The Drayton Mine, in the upper Hunter Valley, operated from 1983 until 2016] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2436 |
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 1983 'Shell's Drilling Rig, the Nymphea in Bass Strait 1983' Kodak Endura Archival C-Type print (38x30cm), signed & dated by Wolfgang
Sievers on reverse, unmounted, very fine. By focusing on the interplay between the rough Bass Strait seas & the legs of the oil rig, Wolfgang Sievers turned a banal industrial scene into an engaging & challenging work of art featuring the mechanical
invasion of the ocean. [A similar print, mounted, sold at auction in 2010 for $2880. Josef Lebovic Gallery in Sydney recently sold a similar print - signed on the reverse - that they advertised for $3500] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2437 |
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 1983 'Shell's Drilling Rig, the Nymphea in Bass Strait 1983' Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print (101x81cm plus
5cm black border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore. A slightly different presentation from the previous lot, being less-cropped at the base & possibly the full image. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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| 2438 |
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 1983 'Shell's Drilling Rig, the "Nymphea" in Bass Strait 1983' Kodak Endura Archival C-Type print (25x20cm), signed & dated by
Wolfgang Sievers on reverse, unmounted, very fine. A mirror-image of the previous lot, and not previously seen thus. The bright orange colour of the legs of the rig have been highlighted, creating the effect of a gigantic lobster emerging from the
sea. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2439 |
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 1983 'Curtains of Fire, Nymphea Drilling Rig, Bass Strait, 1983' Kodak Endura Archival C-Type print (25x17cm), 'Wolfgang Sievers'
handstamp on the reverse, very fine. The subject is a nighttime test-firing of the oil rig. The vivid scarlet & crimson hues are highly reminiscent of paintings of the British bombardment of Sebastopol during the Crimean War, and can be seen as
anticipating Armageddon. Another of Wolfgang Sievers most highly-regarded images. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$1,500
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2440 |
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 1983 'Curtains of Fire, Nymphea Drilling Rig, Bass Strait, 1983' Ilford Ilfotech High-Gloss Colour Archival C-Type print (101x68cm
plus 5cm black border), unsigned, mounted on 20mm museum-grade foamcore. With less dramatic tones than the previous lot, it has a Turner-like painterly quality. The equal-largest recorded print. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
AUTOGRAPHS
Autographs
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2441 |
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 Signed displays George Foreman signature on piece mounted with photo; Raquel Welch signed photograph; Rod Steiger signed cheque
mounted with photo, mainly Fine.
(3) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
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| 2442 |
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 Autograph Books x5 spanning 1950s-90s with 200+ signatures, noted cricket 1957 West Indies team (12) with Gary Sobers; 1956 Surrey
team (12) with Peter May, Alec Bedser & Eric Bedser; actors including Sean Connery & Hugo Weaving; tennis players including Mark Woodforde, Monica Seles, Rod Laver & Neale Fraser. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
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Closing..Jun-29, 08:00 PM |
| 2443 |
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 DON BRADMAN & SIR RODEN CUTLER VC signed letters wishing Alan Davidson a happy 70th birthday, window mounted together, framed &
glazed, overall 42x32cm. Ex Alan Davidson collection. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$150
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| 2444 |
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 BING CROSBY "Bing" on 1969 letter on 'Bing Crosby' letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed & glazed, overall 55x45cm, mainly
Fine. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
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| 2445 |
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 DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES "Diana" on piece cut from letter. [Our vendor first met Diana in 1967, and again twice in the 1980s] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
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| 2446 |
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 RUSSELL DRYSDALE 'The New Age of Discovery, including a Portfolio of Colour Sketches by Russell Drysdale' published by Esso [Sydney,
1970], signed in front, minor foxing. Ex Alan Davidson collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
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| 2447 |
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 SIR ROBERT MENZIES (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), photograph with Alan Davidson, signed & endorsed at lower right (a
trifle faded), framed & glazed, overall 27x32cm. Ex Alan Davidson collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
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| 2448 |
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 PELE signature inside menu/programme 'The Pele Dinner Launch' in support of the Australian Olympic Team 1992, fine condition. Ex Alan
Davidson collection. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
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| 2449 |
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 ELIZABETH TAYLOR photograph signed lower left in magenta texta, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 37x29cm. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
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| 2450 |
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 EUGENE VON GUERARD 1871 deed of release document bearing the signatures of the artist and his wife Louise (both have signed twice).
[On the evening of 12th Sept.1871 the colonial artist Eugene von Guerard and his wife Louise were passengers on a train which was involved in a collision as it was returning to Flinders Street from Prahran. The injuries both sustained were deemed
significant enough to warrant an out-of-court settlement with the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay United Railway Company for £200 in compensation - a very substantial sum of money] (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$3,500
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