Migrants Arriving in Sydney 1966

David Moore (1927-2003)

Migrants Arriving in Sydney 1966

silver gelatin photograph
68.0 x 98.0 cm
signed within image
Note: this is the only larger format example of this photograph known to bear the artist's original signature

Provenance:
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2005, lot 168
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
David Moore Retrospective 1940-1976, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 8 June 1976 - 3 July 1976 (another example)
David Moore: A Survey, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 28 April 1990 - 17 May 1990 (another example)
David Moore 1927-2003: Photographs from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 February 2003 - 16 March 2003 (another example)
Australian Postwar Photodocumentary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 June - 8 August 2004 (another example)
Great Collections, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 24 July 2009 - 30 August 2009 (another example)
The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March 2015 - 8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July - 11 October 2015 (another example)

Reference:
Byron, S., David Moore: Australian Photographer, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 1988, vol.I, p.123 (illus., another example)
Newton, G., Shades of Light - Photography and Australia 1839-1988, Sydney, 1988, p.129 (illus., another example)
Annear, J., The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, p.105 (illus., another example)

Estimate: $10000 - 15000

Result Hammer: $12500