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An image of Gold prospector Arltunga, Central Australia by Axel Poignant

Axel Poignant

(England, Australia, England 1906–1986)

Title
Gold prospector Arltunga, Central Australia
Year
circa 1947
printed 1980
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
gelatin silver photograph
Dimensions

35.7 x 26.8cm image; 47.7 x 34.9cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. sheet, pencil "Axel Poignant 1980". Dated l.c. sheet, pencil "...1947"
Credit
Purchased 1978
Accession number
173.1978
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

Gael Newton (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Axel Poignant Retrospective, Domain, 1982. cat.no. 36

Exhibition history (3)

Axel Poignant: photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Jul 1982–29 Aug 1982.

Works from the Photography Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Feb 1989–15 May 1989.

Four Photographers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Jun 1990–19 Aug 1990.