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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  28 Aug 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  127
• Lot Description:
  Wolfgang Sievers
  1913 – 2007
  The Black Madonna, 1957
  silver gelatin photograph
  40.0 x 50.0 cm
  signed, dated, titled and inscribed on paper label verso: BLACK MADONNA / WEIPA METHODIST MISSION STATION / CAPE YORK, NORTH QUEENSLAND / 1957 / Wolfgang Sievers
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne
• References:
  Calado, J., The Photography of Wolfgang Sievers 1933–1993: Life Line, Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal, 2000, cat. 106, pl. 106, pp. 163, 246 (illus., another example)Calado, J., The Photography of Wolfgang Sievers 1933–1993: Life Line, Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal, 2000, cat. 106, pl. 106, pp. 163, 246 (illus., another example)Calado, J., The Photography of Wolfgang Sievers 1933–1993: Life Line, Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal, 2000, cat. 106, pl. 106, pp. 163, 246 (illus., ano
• Notes:
  The “Black Madonna”, Aboriginal mother and child, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 19.2 cm, collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers / Helen Ennis, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 47The “Black Madonna”, Aboriginal mother and child, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 19.2 cm, collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers / Helen Ennis, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 47The “Black Madonna”, Aboriginal mother and child, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 19.2 cm, collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers / Helen Ennis, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 47The “Black Madonna”, Aboriginal mother and child, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, silver gelatin photograph, 24.4 x 19.2 cm, collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Ennis, H., Wolfgang Sievers / Helen Ennis, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2011, p. 47
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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