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

104 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Pittwater - 15th September 1928, 1928/1931. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed "Laddie" in pencil on backing below image, annotated in crayon on photograph and in pencil verso, 13.6 x 21.9cm. Chips to edges, tipped onto original backing with minor stains.
Annotations read "15th Sept. 28. Lad. '31. [on photograph]" and "To my beloved in memory of our birthday September 1928. Lad. 22.9.31. [on backing]." Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.
 $11,000
105 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Wings of Wind, c1931. Bromoil, titled, annotated "Adelaide P.S." and signed "Max S. Dupain" in pencil on backing below image, annotated verso, 23.8 x 18.9cm. Original backing with foxing.
Annotation reads "Adelaide Photographic Salon (P.S.)" by an unknown hand. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.
 $11,000
106 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Pastoral Late Afternoon, 1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated "2/15", signed and dated in pencil on backing below image, 16.6 x 24.3cm. Tipped onto original backing.
Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.
 $11,000
107 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
The Grey Window - Grosvenor Galleries, 1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil on backing below image, 23.4 x 14cm. Loss of surface and slight stains to figure lower left, tipped onto original backing.
Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.
 $4,400
108 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Portrait of a Boy in Sunlight, 1936. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, titled in pencil on backing below image, 28.8 x 25.4cm. Slight crinkling and retouching to upper right corner, laid down on backing.
Illustrated in Max Dupain's Australia, 1986, p106.
 $12,500
109 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Baron H. Hoyningen-Huene (Baron George), c1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated "by M. Dupain" in pencil by an unknown hand verso, 24.5 x 19cm.
Baron George was a well-known photographer in Europe. Provenance: Estate of Olive Cotton.
 $3,300
110 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
[Mother and Child Resting on Sand Dunes], c1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in margin below, 14.5 x 17cm.
 $7,700
111 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Magnolia - dead!, 1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in ink on backing below image, 28.9 x 35.3cm. Tipped onto slightly soiled original backing.
 $12,500
112 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
The Dart, 1938. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink on image lower right, authentication stamp signed and dated "15.10.94" in ink by Diana Dupain, 31.8 x 15.9cm. Few chips to edges.
Only known vintage study to date.
 $16,500
113 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Roadside Store, Prince's Highway, c1940s/1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower left, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 40.2 x 40.2cm. Slight discolouration to edges.
Uncommon in the market place.
 $4,400
114 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
Meat Queue, 1946/1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 41 x 59.8cm.
One of Dupain's top five classic images. Unusual, oversized format.
 $14,500
115 Max Dupain (1911-1992)
[Cabbage], c1980s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower right, authentication stamp signed and dated "28.10.94" in ink by Diana Dupain, 50.4 x 40.2cm. Tear to lower left edge.
Image is reminiscent of Edward Weston's work.
 $11,000