 Focus on WomenCollectors' List 126 2007 |
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52 František Drtikol (Czech, 1883-1961) Dancer Erwina Kupferova As Cleopatra, c1919. Vintage sepia pigment print, early photographer's blind stamp "Drtikol Prague" on image lower right, 25.4 x 19.1cm. Laid down on original backing with slight water stain and chips to edges. Variant image in Birgus, The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol, p37. Kupferova became Drtikol's lover and then his wife after he began photographing her dance group. |
$6,950 |
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53 František Drtikol (Czech, 1883-1961) [Nude: Five Times, Five Sizes (Cutout)], c1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer's name in pencil in unknown hand verso, 22.1 x 28cm. Drtikol was a Czech artist of remarkable invention, who taught nude and still life photography in his studio during the late 1920s. During the point in his career when this image was taken, he developed a technique for photographing paper cutouts, which he called "photopurism." |
$9,900 |
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54 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) [Hot Rhythm], c1930s/1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower right, 25.3 x 18.7cm. Irregular margins. |
$7,700 |
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55 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Brave New World, c1933/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, signed and dated in ink by Rex Dupain in authentication stamp verso, 50.3 x 37.2cm. Creases to image and left margin, slightly worn corners to irregular margins. Illustrated in Max Dupain: Photographs, ANG, 1991, p10. |
$9,900 |
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56 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) [Model In Suit And Hat], 1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, 34.7 x 25cm. Minor soiling and foxing to margins and verso. This has been edge mounted for inclusion in a folio, possibly as an example of Max Dupain's fashion work. |
$5,500 |
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57 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Torso In Sun, 1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink by Dupain on image lower right, two studio stamps, titled and dated in ink and publishing annotations in pencil in various hands verso, 30.7 x 22.9cm. Creases, cracks and surface loss to edges of image, handling crinkles overall. The model for this photograph was Olive Cotton, Dupain's first wife. |
$8,800 |
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58 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Torso, 1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in ink on image lower left to right, 40.5 x 28.8cm. Old creases to image lower left. Framed. |
$8,800 |
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59 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Beach Scene, 1937/1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower right, 36.6 x 41cm. Minor stain to centre of image. Illustrated in White, Dupain's Beaches, 2000, p12. |
$7,700 |
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60 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) [Nude Kneeling In Sand Dune, Cronulla], 1938. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, 30.2 x 37.2cm. Scratches in negative to right side of image, minor tear and chips to lower margin, slightly worn corners. |
$4,400 |
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61 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) [Asian Woman Seated On Lounge], 1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, dated and annotated "Sydney" in white ink on image lower right, 27.8 x 29.3cm. Chips to edges of image. |
$5,500 |
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62 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) [Girl Floating In Water], 1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink on image lower right, 26.8 x 31.4cm. Minor scuffs, cracks and chips to image. Tipped to original backing. Variant image illustrated in Newton, Max Dupain, 1980, p65. |
$9,900 |
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63 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Sunday Afternoon At The Beach, c1940. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in pencil in an another hand, signed twice and dated in pencil and ink by Rex Dupain in two authentication stamps verso, 32.6 x 30.2cm. Minor chips to edges of image, slight soiling, foxing and stains verso. |
$4,400 |
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