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Wolfgang Sievers - Through the Lens

This collection, entirely of original photographs and studio objects from a Private Collection, offers the largest single owner auction of Wolfgang Sievers photographs ever presented to the market, with works spanning from the 1930's onwards.

AUCTION

Sale: IT059
11 December 2024, 12:00pm Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING

Fri 6 - Sun 8 Dec 10am-4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT

Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au
Tel: 03 8825 5666


Lot 1

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Gears for the Mining Industry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1967 silver gelatin photograph printed...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $700

Lot 2

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Hitashi Valves from Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1967 silver...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $800

Lot 3

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Gears for Mining Industry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1967 silver gelatin photograph printed 196...

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $6,500

Lot 4

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Lowel Quartz Spotlights in the Original Wolfgang Sievers Case, used to Photograph Gears for Mining Ind...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $450

Lot 5

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Heavy Engineering, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1962 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 24cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $550

Lot 6

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Galvanised Steel Production, John Lysaght Works, Port Kembla, New South Wales 1965 silver gelatin photo...

Estimate:
$1,000 - 3,000

Sold for $800

Lot 7

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Checking Crusher for Mining Industry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1971 silver gelatin photograph...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $500

Lot 8

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Cement Mill, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1969 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $850

Lot 10

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Poverty in Berlin, Germany 1933 silver gelatin photograph printed 1952 24.5 x 19.5cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 12

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Old Frankfurt Before its Complete Destruction in World War II, Berlin, Germany 1937 silver gelatin phot...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $600

Lot 13

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Advertisement for Tooth Cream and Brush Manufacturer, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1938 silve...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $600

Lot 14

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Agarol Medical Advertisement, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1938 silver gelatin photograph 24....

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $250

Lot 15

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Shoe Advertisement, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1938 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x 18.5cm

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $400

Lot 17

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Vintage German Linhof Aluminum Tripod c.1960 100 x 20 x 20cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 18

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) The Reeds Heide, Melbourne, Victoria 1968 Architect: David McGlashan silver gelatin photograph 19.5...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $2,200

Lot 19

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) AMP St. James Building, Sculpture by Clement Meadmore, Melbourne, Victoria 1970 Architect: Skidmore Owe...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $700

Lot 20

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Stanhill Flats, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 1951 Architect: Frederick Romberg silver gelatin photo...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $950

Lot 21

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Sweeney Reed and his Girlfriend, John and Sunday Reeds Heide, Melbourne, Victoria 1968 Architect: Da...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $1,400

Lot 22

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) John and Sunday Reeds Heide, Melbourne, Victoria 1968 Architect: John McGlashan silver gelatin photo...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $700

Lot 23

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Drinking at the Bar in the Savoy Plaza Hotel, Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria 1965 c-type photograp...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $350

Lot 24

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Country Womens Association Annual Meeting at Lennons Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland 1965 c-type photogra...

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $1,900

Lot 25

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Matches at Bryant & May, Richmond, Victoria 1939 silver gelatin photograph 24 x 17cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $4,800

Lot 26

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Quality Inspection, Marweight Engineering, Melbourne, Victoria 1968 silver gelatin photograph 20 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,000

Sold for $760

Lot 27

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Prestige Material designed by Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria 1951 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $460

Lot 28

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Iron Ore Stockpiling, Hamersley Iron, Dampier, Western Australia 1971 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $550

Lot 29

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Craftsman on Lathe, Vickers Ruwolt, Melbourne, Victoria 1960 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 30

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Rayon Loom Tuner at Bruck Mills, Wangaratta, Victoria 1950 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $460

Lot 32

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Quality Control, Vickers Ruwolt, Melbourne, Victoria 1960 silver gelatin photograph 19 x 24cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $350

Lot 34

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Ballroom, Palace Kaiser Wilhelm I, Berlin, Germany 1936 Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel silver gelat...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 37

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Asta Von Borch, Art Student, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1937 silver gelatin photograph 24.5...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $300

Lot 39

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Advertisement for Elbeo Stockings, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1938 silver gelatin photograp...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $1,400

Lot 40

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Advertisement for Elbeo Stockings, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1938 silver gelatin photograp...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $650

Lot 41

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Entertainment in the Dining Room, Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria 1965 c-type photograph printed lat...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $260

Lot 42

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Interior of the Federal Hotel, Corner of Collins and King Street, Melbourne, Victoria 1965 c-type photo...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $160

Lot 43

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) House of Professor Benjamin, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1958 Architect: Alex Jelinek silver...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $600

Lot 44

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Olympic Swimming Pool, Melbourne, Victoria 1956 Architect: Borland, Murphy and McIntyre silver gelatin...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $700

Lot 45

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Victorian Villa - Demolished, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 1959 silver gelatin photograph printe...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $160

Lot 46

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Old Johns & Waygood Lift in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 1956 silver gelatin photograph 24 x 18.5cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 47

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Corrugated Iron Houses, Prefabricated in Scotland, South Melbourne, Victoria 1956 silver gelatin photog...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $250

Lot 48

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Old Warehouses in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 1956 silver gelatin photograph 20 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $300

Lot 49

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Electric Shovel on Overburden, Drayton Coal, Muswellbrook, New South Wales 1985 c-type photograph 25 x...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $160

Lot 53

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Nymphea Oil Rig, Shell, Bass Strait, Australia 1983 (3) c-type photograph (3) 19.5 x 22cm; 20 x 24.5c...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $160

Lot 54

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Curtain of Fire: Four, Nymphea Oil Rig, Shell, Bass Strait, Australia 1983 c-type photograph 16.5 x 25cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $450

Lot 55

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Close up Helicopter View,Nymphea Oil Rig, Shell, Bass Strait, Australia 1983 c-type photograph 25 x 20cm

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 56

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Drilling at Shells Nymphea Oil Rig, Bass Strait, Australia 1983 c-type photograph 20.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 57

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Rope Making, Miller Rope, Melbourne, Victoria 1962 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x 19cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $550

Lot 58

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Wool Bobbins at Yarra Falls Limited, Melbourne, Victoria 1960 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x 20cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $400

Lot 59

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Shift Change at Kelly & Lewis Engineering Works, Springvale, Victoria 1949 silver gelatin photograph 24...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $800

Lot 60

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Australian Paper & Pulp Manufacturers, Burnie, Tasmania 1956 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x 19cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $750

Lot 61

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Patternmaker at Australian Glass Manufacturers, Spotswood, Victoria 1956 silver gelatin photograph 24.5...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 62

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Milk Bottle Pattern Making, Australian Glass Manufacturers, Spotswood, Victoria 1956 silver gelatin pho...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $400

Lot 66

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Henschel Aircraft Factory, Rhineland, Germany 1937 silver gelatin photograph printed later 24.5 x 19cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $260

Lot 67

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Steel Blast Furnace in the Ruhr, Germany 1933 silver gelatin photograph printed later 24 x 19cm

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $100

Lot 68

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Flemish Photography Student, Contempora Art School, Berlin, Germany 1936 silver gelatin photograph 24.5...

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 70

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Vineyard on the Moselle, Germany 1933 silver gelatin photograph 21 x 17.5cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 71

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Steps to the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal 1934 silver gelatin photograph printed later 17.5 x 23.5cm

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 72

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Salt Harvesting, Portugal 1934 silver gelatin photograph 13.5 x 24cm

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $300

Lot 73

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Mobil and APPM Buildings, Melbourne, Victoria 1960 Architect: Bates, Smart & McCutcheon silver gelatin...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $550

Lot 74

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Stanhill Flats, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 1959 Architect: Frederick Romberg silver gelatin photo...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $600

Lot 75

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Royal Insurance Building, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 1965 Architect: Yuncken Freeman silver ge...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $250

Lot 76

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Geelong Phosphate Plant, Geelong, Victoria 1969 silver gelatin photograph 25 x 19cm

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $700

Lot 77

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Aluminium Production, Alcoa, Point Henry, Victoria 1971 silver gelatin photograph printed 1972 24.5 x 1...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $300

Lot 78

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Aluminium Foil Cutting Machine, Alcoa, Point Henry, Victoria 1971 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 25cm

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $300

Lot 79

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Lathe Operator, Marweight Engineering, Melbourne, Victoria 1968 silver gelatin photograph printed 1970...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 80

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Gear Cutting at Vickers Ruwolt, Nunawading, Victoria 1967 silver gelatin photograph printed 1968 19.5 x...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $1,200

Lot 81

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) The Loop near Flagstaff Gardens Station, John Holland Constructions, Melbourne, Victoria 1977 c-type ph...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $350

Lot 82

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) The Loop Escalator Site, Parliament Station, John Holland Constructions, Melbourne, Victoria 1977 c-typ...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $700

Lot 83

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Hardening Glass, Crown Glass, Australian Chemical Industries, Sydney, New South Wales 1980 c-type photo...

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 84

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Hardening Glass, Crown Glass, Australian Chemical Industries, Sydney, New South Wales 1980 c-type photo...

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $150

Lot 89

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Casting in the Foundry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1968 silver gelatin photograph 25 x 19cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $3,000

Lot 90

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Sulphuric Acid Plant at Electrolytic Zinc, Risdon, Tasmania 1959 silver gelatin photograph printed 1968...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $400

Lot 91

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Cocktail Bar at Menzies Hotel, Corner of Bourke and William Street, Melbourne, Victoria 1966 c-type pho...

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $600

Lot 92

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Interior of Hampton Court Hotel, Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales 1965 c-type photograph printed la...

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 93

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Black Madonna, Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland 1957 silver gelatin photog...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $650

Lot 94

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Methodist Mission Station, Weipa, Cape York, North Queensland 1957 silver gelatin photograph 24.5 x 19.5cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Sold for $360

Lot 95

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Students Gathered Outside their Teachers House at Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory 1977 c-type photograph...

Estimate:
$100 - 300

Sold for $100

Lot 96

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Aboriginal Child Clinging to her Mothers Legs, Standing on the Edge of the Water at Methodist Mission...

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $350

Lot 100

WOLFGANG SIEVERS (1913-2007) Actor, Berlin, Germany 1938 silver gelatin photograph 24 x 19cm

Estimate:
$200 - 400

Sold for $160

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