Greg Weight Australia, 1946-.
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About Greg Weight
Born in Manly, Sydney in 1945 Greg Weight was a freelance fashion photographer and then a tutor in photography at tertiaty level. From 1990 he became well known as a fine art photographer, especially for his photographic portraits of Australian artists. He has held 27 solo exhibitions since 1971, mostly in Sydney. He was the inaugral winner of The Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize in 2003 and the winner of Head On Alternative Photographic Portrait Prize in 2006. In 2012 he was a finalist and won the Peoples Choice Award in the Blake Prize for religious art with a haunting photograph of a church.
The earliest auction listing we have for Greg Weight is in 1988 and in total 44 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 29 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $12,100 for Brett Whiteley with Smoke sold by Bonhams in March 2021. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Greg Weight are held by the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Greg Weight is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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