Lot #130 - Wolfgang Sievers
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Sydney Morning Herald Photography Archive, Part 1
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Sale Date:12 Dec 2017 ~ 6.30pm
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Lot #:130
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Lot Description:Wolfgang Sievers
(1913-2007)
(Bauxite Mining), 1970
silver gelatin photograph
19.5 x 24.5 cm
dated, inscribed and stamped verso: Bauxite mining at Comalco’s deposits in Weipa in northern Queensland. Here Hough H400 Payloaders mine eight cubic yards of bauxite at a time direct from the face and dump it into 50-ton aluminium-bodied trucks. A new 10 cubic yard bucket loader and 75-ton trucks have further increased daily mining capacity. Comalco has firm plans to build a one million ton a year alumina refinery at Weipa to come into commission late in 1974 or early in 1975. All the output from this huge plant will be exported overseas; bears artist’s studio stamp verso -
References:Financial Review, June, 1, 1970, p. 4
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Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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