Item 20: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House photonegatives, ca. 1961-1965
Item 20: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House photonegatives, ca. 1961-1965
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1961-1965
Call Numbers
ON 122/1-500
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
500 negatives
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
In copyright
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Copy print : PXA 967 v.1-2 for a selection of prints from these negatives
Partly Digitised : 131 (of 500) negatives
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Collection includes: construction shots of the Opera House; models of the Minor Hall roof construction; model of "geisha wig" design, Minor Hall, 1960; designs for acoustic devices; early models of the late 1950s; samples and prototypes of pre-fabricated granite chip cladding; photographs taken in Utzon's studio at Hellebaek, Denmark, 1962;...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 20: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House photonegatives, ca. 1961-1965
Notes
General note
Photographers of these negatives have not been identified. Many show similiarities to Max Dupain's photographs of the Opera House (see those reproduced in Francoise Fromonot, "The Sydney Opera House", Electa, 1999).
Digital order no:Album ID : 823876
Signature / Inscriptions
Some photonegatives are titled and annotated
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1972.
Scans and viewing prints made possible through the generosity of the Ladies Committee of the Sydney Opera House Appeal Fund, 2002.
Exhibited in
- The Studio of Jorn Utzon
Museum of Sydney. Applies to: f.155a
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ON 122/1-500
Record Identifier
9qoZjX51
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoZjX51
Other Identifiers
Reference code
52838
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