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WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007)
The Conductor Dean Dixon, Melbourne Town Hall, 1962

silver gelatin photograph on card
inscribed and dated verso: WOLFGANG SIEVERS / DEAN DIXON / Melbourne 1962
48.0 x 57.5 cm

PROVENANCE
The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
The Life and Work of Wolfgang Sievers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 22 June – 1 September 1991, then touring to National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 7 – 25 September 1991; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 December – 19 January 1992; Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, 24 January – 23 February 1992; Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, 3 April – 17 May 1992; Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1 June – 11 July 1992 (another example)

LITERATURE
McKenzie, I., Contemporary Photographers Australia: Wolfgang Sievers, WriteLight, Blackheath, New South Wales, 1998, n.p. (illus., another example)
Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 65 (illus., another example)

RELATED WORK
Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Library of Australia, Canberra and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

PROVENANCE
The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne

  • Condition: The work is unframed, and presented on Crescent Illustration board.
    There are no significant perforations or creasing. Sporadic light marks and indentations to the image. The work is in very good, original, stable condition.


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