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Ella Grainger painting in her Springfield apartment
silver gelatin print (annotations on negative by Percy Grainger)
15.3 x 9.6 cm
According to the inscriptions on the proper right edge and bottom of the photograph, this image depicts Eva painting a copy of her portrait of Percy Grainger in her…
15.3 x 9.6 cm
According to the inscriptions on the proper right edge and bottom of the photograph, this image depicts Eva painting a copy of her portrait of Percy Grainger in her…
Ella Grainger and Percy Grainger, ‘Composers eyes’
Chromogenic print from Kodachrome slide.
Photo (EG): 13.3 x 18.3 cm
Photo (PG): 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Photos and board: 56.1 x 40.7 cm
From the series ‘what colour are composers’ eyes’. There are 2 photographs mounted on card. The top photographs…
Photo (EG): 13.3 x 18.3 cm
Photo (PG): 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Photos and board: 56.1 x 40.7 cm
From the series ‘what colour are composers’ eyes’. There are 2 photographs mounted on card. The top photographs…
Ella Grainger
Silver gelatin print. 35.2 x 27.2 cm Swedish artist, poet and amateur musician Ella Viola Ström (1889-1979) married Grainger in 1928. Here she is depicted on her veranda in White Plains, New York, in a photograph taken by her neighbour, the…
Ella and Percy Grainger, early 1930s
Sepia toned silver gelatin print.
This complex photographic composition captures a fleeting moment of intimacy between Ella Grainger and her husband. Ella’s expression and body language suggest adoration, whereas Percy’s attention is turned…
This complex photographic composition captures a fleeting moment of intimacy between Ella Grainger and her husband. Ella’s expression and body language suggest adoration, whereas Percy’s attention is turned…
Ella and Percy Grainger outside the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, in 1938.
The design and construction of the Grainger Museum occurred in two stages: the central foyer and front galleries in 1935, and the adjoining radial and semicircular galleries in 1938. Throughout the entire process Grainger worked closely with…
Ella and Percy Grainger inside the Grainger Museum, 1956.
Percy Grainger stated that the Grainger Museum was intended to ‘preserve and display exhibits collected by me during the last 40 years’ including material about his personal and professional life, as well as the ‘many different aspects’ of other…
Eleonora Duse
Photogravure.
Photo: 19.8 x 10.9 cm
Photo and card: 34.8 x 26.8 cm
Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) was a much-adored star of the Italian stage who also enjoyed international acclaim. She is remembered for her roles in plays by Henrik Ibsen and…
Photo: 19.8 x 10.9 cm
Photo and card: 34.8 x 26.8 cm
Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) was a much-adored star of the Italian stage who also enjoyed international acclaim. She is remembered for her roles in plays by Henrik Ibsen and…
Electronic Music Seminar International Tape Sampling schedule
Typewritten schedule, 5 pages
An important part of the programme for the State of the Art of Electronic Music in Australia seminar was the international tape sampling, which occurred in the Grainger Museum each day of the conference, from 10am to…
An important part of the programme for the State of the Art of Electronic Music in Australia seminar was the international tape sampling, which occurred in the Grainger Museum each day of the conference, from 10am to…
Electronic Music Seminar & International Sampling, August 1971, programme notes
Typed programme with annotations, 17 pages
Electric eye tone-tool
Steel, PVC pipe, plastic sheet, globes, ink, electronics, speakers.
One of Grainger and Cross’s last experiments before
Grainger’s death in 1961 was an attempt to create a more
immediate and accurate form of Free Music through the
use of…
One of Grainger and Cross’s last experiments before
Grainger’s death in 1961 was an attempt to create a more
immediate and accurate form of Free Music through the
use of…