Australian Photography
Collectors' List #110 - 2004

  Olive Cotton (1911-2003)  
19 She Oaks
1928/c1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in margin below, 24.5 x 35cm. Framed.
Printed by Sydney Dark Room. Reproduced in "Olive Cotton. Photographer", National Library of Australia, 1995, p 55.

$7,700
20 Plum Blossom
1935. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in margin below, 32.3 x 23.5cm. Slight silvering to edges.
Printed by Cotton. Reproduced in "Olive Cotton. Photographer", National Library of Australia, 1995, p 30.
$12,000
21 Max After Surfing
1939/1998. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in margin below, 26.2 x 19cm. Framed.
Printed by Roger Scott. Reproduced in "Olive Cotton. Photographer", National Library of Australia, 1995, p 4. There are only two known vintage prints prior to 1995.

$11,000
22 Tree Frolic
1960/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in image lower left, titled and dated in another hand in margin below, signed in margin below, 29.7 x 34.7cm.
Printed by Sydney Dark Room.

$7,700
23 Radio Telescope
1963/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in margin below, and annotated verso, 31.7 x 30.3cm.
Printed by Sydney Dark Room. Annotation by Cotton reads: "I think this print is OK." Reproduced in "Olive Cotton. Photographer", National Library of Australia, 1995, p 50.

$5,500
24 Quince Blosson and Trees
1992/1993. Silver gelatin photo-graph, titled, dated, numbered 1/25 and signed in margin below, 36.2 x 30.3cm. Blemish in image centre right.
Printed by Cotton. Reproduced in "Olive Cotton. Photographer", National Library of Australia, 1995, p 12.

$8,800
25 Fig Abstract
1994. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated, numbered 1/25 and signed in margin below, 30.8 x 30.2cm.
Printed by Cotton.

$8,800