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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Joyce Evans Collection of Australian Photography
• Sale Date:
  11 Oct 2022 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  34
• Lot Description:
  May Moore
  (New Zealand/Australian, 1881 - 1931)
  Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, 1928
  silver gelatin photograph
  15.0 x 20.0 cm
  signed and inscribed lower left: May / Moore / Sydney; inscribed with title and date lower right: Nellie Melba / 1928 and bears signature of Nellie Melba Lower margin
• Provenance:
  The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Critic's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 April – 10 July 1994 (another example); Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 September – 17 November 2002 (another example)
• References:
  Bullock, N., Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian Photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, (exhibition catalogue), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, n.p (another example)
• Notes:
  Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre, Melbourne
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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