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Title
Fairy woods
circa 1920
Artist
John Kauffmann
Australia
1864 - 1942
Details
Date
circa 1920
Materials used
carbon photograph
Dimensions
21.2 x 29.6 cm image/sheet; 25.3 x 32.2 cm card
Signature & date
Signed l.r. image, ink "J Kauffmann". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of John Bilney 1979
Location
Not on display
Accession number
29.1979
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John Kauffmann
Fairy woods
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Australian Pictorial Photography:
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 12 Jun 1979–08 Jul 1979
- The Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, South Bank 08 Aug 1979–31 Aug 1979
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 01 Dec 1979–30 Jan 1980
Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Sep 2002–17 Nov 2002
Modernism/Japonism in photography 1920s-1940s: Ishida Kiichiro and the Sydney Camera Circle, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 20 Dec 2003–25 Apr 2004
Australian Symbolism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 May 2012–22 Jul 2012
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
Denise Mimmocchi, Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, ‘Artful atmospheres: Symbolism and photography’, pg. 123-136, Sydney, 2012, 126, 128 (colour illus.), 144.
Natasha Bullock (Curator), Soft shadows and sharp lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Sydney, 2002, (illus.). no catalogue numbers
Gael Newton, Australian Pictorial Photography, Melbourne, 1979, 11 (illus.), 19. cat.no. 57