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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  The Pat Corrigan Collection of Australian Black and White Photography - Timed Online Auction
• Sale Date:
  02 Jun 2020 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  43
• Lot Description:
  Axel Poignant
  (1906 – 1986)
  Swagman On The Road To Wilcannia, c.1954 (Also Known As Australian Swagman)
  printed c.1978; silver gelatin photograph
  40.5 x 30.5 cm (sight); 71.0 x 59.0 cm (frame)
  signed, dated and inscribed verso: THE SWAGMAN, ON THE ROAD TO WILCANNIA PHOTOGRAPHED BY AXEL POIGNANT c. 1954, PRINTED BY AXEL POIGNANT c. 1978, AUTHENTICATED BY ROSLYN POIGNANT 1988
  Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the AGNSW, NGA, NLA and the QAGoMA.
• Provenance:
  Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: "Axel Poignant: photographs 1922-1980", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 July – 29 August 1982, cat. 74 (another example); "Seeing is believing - the art in photography", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 December 1985 – 19 January 1986, cat. 35 (another example); "Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 December 2000 – 11 February 2001, and touring (another example); "Australian Postwar Photodocumentary," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 June – 8 August 2004 (another example); "Candid camera: Australian photography 1950s-1970s", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 28 May – 1 August 2010 (another example) REFERENCES: Newton, G., "Silver and Grey - Fifty Years of Australian Photography 1900-1950", Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1980, pl. 96 (illus., another example); Ennis, H., "Masterpieces of Australian Photography", Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989, cat. 325, pp. 182 – 183 (illus., another example); "Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2000, p. 62 (illus., another example); Robinson, J., "Candid Camera: Australian Photography 1950s – 1970s," Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2010 (illus. cover, another example)
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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