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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  03 May 2023 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  91
• Lot Description:
  Mervyn Bishop
  (born 1945)
  Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil Into The Hands Of Traditional Landowner, 1975/2021
  digital inkjet print, edition: A/P aside from an edition of 25
  60.0 x 60.0 cm (image)
  signed below image lower right: Mervyn Bishop; dated and inscribed with title below image lower right: Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of / Traditional Gurindji Land Owner, Vincent Lingiari / Wattie Creek – Northern Territory 1975 / 2021 
• Provenance:
  Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso); Company collection, Sydney
• Exhibited:
  Australian Postwar Photodocumentary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 June – 8 August 2004 (another example); Half Light Portraits from Black Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 November 2008 – 22 February 2009 (another example); The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 March – 8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July – 11 October 2015 (another example)
• References:
  Annear, J., The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, pp. 6 (illus. another example), 50, 292
• Notes:
  RELATED WORK/S: Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the National Library of Australia, Canberra and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
• Estimate:
  A$18,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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