75 Charles Bayliss (Aus.,
1858-1897) and
Henry Beaufoy
Merlin (Aus.,
1830-1873)
[Ore-Crushing Mill, Hill End Area, NSW], c1873. Albumen paper
photograph, 22.5 x 28.6cm. Missing upper left corner, slight
foxing, minor tears, creases, chips.
Depicts
five well-attired men and one woman in front of a mill with a
workman on far right. Provenance: Holtermann family.
$2,200
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76 Charles Bayliss (Aus.,
1858-1897) and
Henry Beaufoy
Merlin (Aus.,
1830-1873)
[Ore-Crushing Mill With Brick Chimney, Hill End Area], c1873.
Pair of albumen paper photographs, (a) 22.6 x 26.7cm, (b) 13.3
x 19.5cm. Missing portions, slight stains and handling creases,
minor tears and folds.
Depicts
front and rear of mill. Provenance: Holtermann family.
The Pair $2,200
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77 Charles Bayliss (Aus.,
1858-1897) and
Henry Beaufoy
Merlin (Aus.,
1830-1873)
[Gold Mines On Hawk's Hill], c1873. Albumen paper photograph,
24.4 x 29.4cm. Missing portions, tears and creases to edges,
stains to upper portion of image, minor crinkles overall.
Provenance:
Holtermann family.
$1,100
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78 Charles Bayliss (Aus.,
1858-1897) and
Henry Beaufoy
Merlin (Aus.,
1830-1873)
[Holtermann's Gold] c1873. Albumen paper photograph, 24.2 x 29.4cm.
Slight foxing and old folds to image, uneven edges with slight
tears and creases.
Provenance:
Holtermann family.
$2,200
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79 Charles Bayliss (Aus.,
1858-1897) and
Henry Beaufoy
Merlin (Aus.,
1830-1873)
[Gold Ore Assayed By Holtermann], c1873. Albumen paper photograph,
24.2 x 28.4cm. Slight foxing overall, old folds, tears and creases
to edges of image.
Provenance:
Holtermann family.
$2,200
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80 Max Dupain (Australian,
1911-1992)
[At The Coal Face], c1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph,
authentication stamp signed by Rex Dupain in pencil verso, 27.4
x 38.6cm. Minor chips and creases to edges of image.
$2,200
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81 Max Dupain (Australian,
1911-1992)
[Coalminers], c1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, authentication
stamp signed by Rex Dupain in pencil verso, 30.4 x 37.6cm. Slight
stains and chips to edges, minor surface and paper loss to right
margin.
$2,200
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82 Marion Post Wolcott (Amer.,
b.1910)
Coal Miner, Caples, West Virginia, c1936. Vintage silver gelatin
photograph, typed title, photographer's Farm Security Administration
(FSA) credit stamp, FSA return stamp and numeric annotations
in pencil in an unknown hand verso, 24 x 15.7cm.
The
FSA was created during the Depression to combat rural poverty,
and it became famous for its small but highly influential photography
program, 1935-44, which realistically portrayed the challenges
of rural poverty.
$3,900
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83 Sebastião Salgado
(Brazilian, b.1944)
Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil [Figure Eight], 1985. Silver
gelatin photograph, photographer's blind stamp in lower margin,
initialled, annotated "Brasil" and dated in pencil
verso, 51.5 x 34.2cm.
$11,000
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84 Robin Smith (Australian,
b.1927)
Sapphire Miner, Sapphire, Queensland, 1962/2008. Silver gelatin
photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, annotated "Sapphire
12", titled and dated in ink verso, 40.6 x 26.8cm.
$990
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85 Robin Smith (Australian,
b.1927)
Pouring Gold, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, c1964/1965. Vintage
silver gelatin photograph, photographer's copyright stamp, titled,
dated and signed in ink verso, 19.1 x 24.3cm. Minor chips to
right margin.
Stamp
includes "Robin Smith, PO Box 141, Mona Vale, NSW 1660,
Australia."
$1,650
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86 Fritz Spiess (Canadian,
1925-1998)
[Miners At Work], c1950. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 28.8
x 28.6cm.
$1,550
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87 Fritz Spiess (Canadian,
1925-1998)
[Worker (48)], c1950. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 24 x
17.8cm.
$990
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88 Woodbury Permanent Photographic
Printing Company (British,
active 1865-1890s)
Queensland Gold Digger And Cradle, c1886. Woodbury-type, letterpress
text, photographer's line and title on backing above and below
image, 11.6 x 9.2cm. Surface loss to upper right corner of image.
Laid down on original card with irregular trimmed lower portion.
Text
and photographer' s line read "Colonial and Indian Exhibition"
and "Woodbury Permanent Photographic Printing Company, 157,
Great Portland Street, London." Woodbury-type is basically
a mechanical method of producing a carbon print, using pigmented
gelatin which gives the image clarity, and is less prone to fading.
$2,200
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