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The Australia Album, 1972-1974
Leather bound portfolio of 52 vintage gelatin silver photographs

edition: 6/8,
signed 'Jon Rhodes' and inscribed with edition number on 3rd last sheet,
12 x 18 cm

Provenance
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited: These images were exhibited in another format at The National Gallery of Victoria, 1977 and The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 1978.

Literature
A select list of published images from the album include: No.33, John Jakamarra - Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius, AGSW, 2000, p216. No.43, Yumpululu Tjungurrayi - Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius, AGSW, 2000, p219. This is a collection of 52 black and white photographs from rural and outback Australia, taken between 1972 and 1974. The photographs, gentle with a wry humour, are portraits of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with an emphasis on the landscape in which they live. (ref: artist's statement)

  • Condition: This volume is in very good condition throughout. The leather cover has some minor scuffing near the spine. All the images are in good crisp condition, no obvious discolouration or indentations to the paper.

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