50 Bernice Abbott (American,
1898-1991)
Scientific Photograph - Pendulum, 1979/1982. Vintage silver gelatin
photograph, editioned 39/40 and signed in pencil on backing below
image, Parasol Press stamp on backing verso, 56.9 x 11.6cm. Laid
down on backing.
Stamp
includes "Berenice Abbott Retrospective. Published by Parasol
Press, Ltd. 1982." Printed under the direct supervision
of the photographer. Illustrated in O'Neal, Berenice Abbott,
American Photographer, p223, and in Rukeyser and Vestal,
Berenice Abbott Photographs, p152.
$5,800
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51 Anon
What Berlin Missed [English Soldier Next To Bomb], 1914-1918.
Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and numeric annotations
in various hands verso, 60.6 x 50.3cm (paper). Repaired tears,
minor paper loss, slight stains and creases to image.
Annotations
include "H.12033."
$990
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52 Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904-1971)
An American Disc-Harrow, Verblud, USSR, 1930. Vintage silver
gelatin photograph, annotated "Verblud Sovkhoz - No. 2"
and signed in pencil on backing below image, 23.7 x 33.4cm. Hinged
to original backing.
Rare,
unique - this is the only vintage print known to exist of this
image by Bourke-White. This photograph was exhibited in 10 shows
across the USA between 2003 and 2006. Provenance: Jane Corkin
Gallery, Toronto; Michal Caden Gallery, Santa Barbara; Michael
Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, private collection. Ref: Phillips,
Margaret Bourke-White: The Photography Of Design 1927-1936, p54,
plate 55.
$68,500
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53 Anthony Browell (Australian,
b.1945)
Inclinator & Chimney (From The Series "The Waterfront"),
2000/2003. Digital print from silver gelatin photograph, series
name and signed in pencil in lower margin, signed, numbered "17",
series name and dated in pencil verso, 66.1 x 44.9cm.
$1,650
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54 Olive Cotton (Australian,
1911-2003)
Radio Telescope, 1963/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled,
dated and signed in pencil in lower margin, annotated in pencil
by printer in lower margin and by Cotton verso, 31.5 x 30.1cm.
Annotations
read "Too flat" in lower margin and "I think this
print is OK" verso. Illustrated in Calado, Ingenuity: Photography
and Engineering 1846-2006, plate 316.
$7,700
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55 Raymond de Berquelle
(Australian, b.1933)
"Where Do You Come From? Planet Earth" [Self Portrait
With Radio Telescope], 1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph,
dated, titled and signed in pencil and adhesive photographer's
label verso, 24 x 19cm.
Label
reads "Photography by Raymond de Berquelle. Box 61, Epping,
NSW 1710. Illustrated in Calado, Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering
1846-2006, plate 317.
$1,850
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56 Kerry Dundas (Australian,
b.1931)
High Octane Tank, Kurnell Refinery, California Texas Oil Co.,
1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated
in pencil verso, 18.3 x 36.4cm. Minor paper remnant and scratch
to upper right corners and edge of image, slight glue remnants
verso.
$1,650
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57 Kerry Dundas (Australian,
b.1931)
Cat Cracker, Kurnell Refinery, 1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph,
titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 32.8 x 23.7cm. Slight
stain to upper right corner of image, glue remnants verso.
A
catalytic cracker, or "cat cracker," is the basic petrol-making
process in a refinery. The cat cracker uses high temperatures,
low pressure, and a catalyst to create a chemical reaction that
breaks heavy petroleum oil into smaller petrol molecules.
$1,650
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58 Kerry Dundas (Aus., b.1931)
Queensland Alumina Limited Alumina Refinery, c1953. Vintage silver
gelatin photograph, titled in ink in an unknown hand and Max
Dupain and Associates stamp verso, 16.8 x 25.3cm. Minor surface
loss and crease to edges of upper and lower margins.
Stamp
includes "Max Dupain and Associates, 49 Clarence Street,
Sydney 2000.
$1,650
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