International & Australian PHOTOGRAPHY
20th Century Photography
Collectors' List 119 2006

85 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Lily, c1938. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower right, numbered "1", titled (twice) and dated in ink, photographer's stamp and annotated in ink verso, 30.7 x 36.8cm. Chips to edges, laid down on original backing.
Variant title and annotation reads "Hippeastrum Lilies. Olive Cotton (Mrs R. McInerney). Calare Building, Kendal St, Cowra, NSW." Prov: Estate of Olive Cotton.
$16,500
86 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Poppies, c1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 24 x 18.9cm. Slight discolouration to margins.
Illustrated in Olive Cotton, AGNSW, 2000, p15. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$11,000
87 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Grass at Sundown, 1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in margin below and titled in ink verso, 24.7 x 25.9cm. Crease to right corner, not affecting image.
Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$12,000
88 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Windflowers, 1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in white ink on image lower left, titled in pencil verso, 48.8 x 38.9cm. Portions missing from pinholes to corners.
Illustrated in Olive Cotton, AGNSW, 2000, p51. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$22,000
89 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Only to Taste the Warmth, the Light, the Wind, c1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 33.2 x 30.1cm. Laid down on original backing.
Illustrated on cover of Olive Cotton, AGNSW, 2000. Prov: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$22,000

90 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
(a) Theme for a Mural; (b) [Ballerina Study], 1942. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, (a) 14.4 x 37.9cm; (b) 24.2 x 17.2cm.
Unique studies for a mural commissioned by Sydney architect Sam Lipson for one of his clients. Illustrated in Olive Cotton, Photographer, NLA, 1995, p34.

The Pair
$18,500
91 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
Skeleton Leaf, 1964. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 24.6 x 19.6cm.
Illustrated in Olive Cotton, AGNSW, 2000, p46. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$13,200
92 Olive Cotton (1911-2003)
[Leaf Skeleton], c1964. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 24.8 x 19.7cm.
A study for Skeleton Leaf. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.

$6,600