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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 #:
  67
• Lot Description:
  Laurence Le Guay
  (1917 - 1990)
  Natives, Kanana Ceremony, c.1945
  silver gelatin photograph on card
  47.5 x 37.5 cm
  bears inscription verso: LAURENCE Le Guay / NEW GUINEA NATIVES
• Provenance:
  The Estate of Joyce Evans, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 24 January – 8 May 1955, then touring worldwide until 1959 (another example)
• References:
  Steichen, E., The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, p. 8 (illus., another example); Peel, R., Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 190 (another example)
• Notes:
  Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the Clervaux Castle, Luxembourg
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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