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: David Moore

Provenance:

Estate of the artist

Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2005, lot 168

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2016, lot 78

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

David Moore Retrospective 1940-1976, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 8 June - 3 July 1976 (another example)

David Moore: 50 Years of Photographs, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 November - 11 December 1988 (another example)

David Moore: A Survey, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 28 April - 17 May 1990 (another example)

Sydney Harbour: David Moore: 50 Years of Photography, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 October 1993 - 27 February 1994 (illus. exhibition catalogue, p.129, another example)

David Moore 1927-2003: Photographs from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 February - 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, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 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: $14000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $35000