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Lot 47

AXEL POIGNANT (1906-1986)
Aboriginal Stockman, Canning Stock Route, Western Australia 1942
silver gelatin print
printed 1990 by Roslyn Poignant
artist's name, title and date inscribed verso
Axel Poignant studio stamp verso
40.5 x 30.5cm (sheet)

Estimate $1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $600


The Estate of Axel Poignant, Melbourne


The Newcastle and Hunter Valley 150th Anniversary Exhibition of Photography, Exhibition Venue Unknown, September 1947 (another example)
Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 July - 29 August 1982, cat. no. 28 (another example)
Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 20 September - 24 October 1982, cat. no. 28 (another example)
Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 December 1982 - 30 January 1983, cat. no. 28 (another example)
Four Photographers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 June - 19 August 1990 (another example)
Australian Postwar Photodocumentary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 June - 8 August 2004 (another example)
On the Canning Stock Route 1942: Axel Poignant, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, 19 February - 16 March 1991


Newton, G., Capon, E., Missingham, H., Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982, p. 37, cat. no. 28 (another example)
Poignant, R., On the Canning Stock Route 1942: Axel Poignant, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, 1991
Bullock, N., Australian Postwar Photodocumentary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004 (another example)
Miles, M., The Language of Light and Dark, Light and Place in Australian Photography, Power Publications, Sydney, 2015, pp. 102, 103 (illus., another example), pl. 2.13 (illus., another example)
Broome, R., Aboriginal Australians: A History Since 1788, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2019, (illus., cover, another example)


Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

Prints and Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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