Unknown
(Australia – )
Barbara Tribe on the rocks at Ben Buckler, Bondi
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In this photograph Barbara Tribe, aged around 19, balances precariously on rocks at Ben Buckler, Bondi Beach. Tribe was an avid beachgoer, and learnt to swim at an early age. Early works such as 'Lifesaver' 1930 and 'The spirit of the sea' 1933, now in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, reflect her experience of the ocean.
- Place of origin
-
Bondi,
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- circa 1932
- Media
- Photograph
- Medium
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 24.6 x 19.3 cm image; 25.8 x 20.3 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Gift of John Schaeffer and the Barbara Tribe Foundation 2009
- Accession number
- ARC277.6.3
