Focus on Women
Collectors' List 126 2007

140 William Mortensen (American 1897-1965)
No No Hana, c1925. Bromoil transfer print, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 19.1 x 14cm.
$4,900
141 Attrib. Helmut Newton (German/Aust/French, 1920-2004)
&
June Newton aka Alice Springs (Australian/French, b.1937)
[Mannequin Matinee], c1950s. Pair of silver gelatin photo-graphs with accompanying invitation card, annotated in ink by Pearl Copolov (Goldman) on both photographs verso, 14.5 x 10.9cm (each approx.). Slight handling creases.
Inscriptions read for image (a) "Bambi [Shmith] - Lady Hakewood/June Newton now 'Alice Springs'/Me [Pearl Goldman]; and image (b) "Dad [Morris Copolov]/Helmut Newton now famous in Europe/Athol Smith [sic]." Helmut and June are the only couple cross-dressed.
The pair
$6,600
142 Charles Page (Australian, b.1946)
Truck Drivers, Weipa, Queensland, 1986. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, dated and titled in pencil verso, 23.3 x 35.1cm. Old marks to image upper centre, slight foxing to margins.
$2,200
143 Charles Page (Australian, b.1946)
Twins [Swimming], Truck Drivers, Weipa, Queensland, 1986. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, dated and titled in pencil verso, 37 x 35.5cm.
$2,200
144 Charles Page (Australian, b.1946)
Birdsville, Queensland, 1988. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, dated and titled in pencil verso, 27 x 40.6cm.
Depicts two Indigenous women from the boxing troupe.
$2,200
145 Charles Page (Australian, b.1946)
[The Hurley Twins], 2005. C-type photograph, signed and dated in ink verso, 40.7 x 40.7cm.
The sitters are photographer Frank Hurley's twin daughters.
$1,650
146 Tim Page (British/Australian, b.1944)
Miss Nude California, 1979/2000. Cibachrome, photographer's stamp, titled, dated, annotated "San Bernadino" and signed in ink verso, 32.9 x 49.6cm. Slight crinkle to upper margin.
$2,500
147 Rondal Partridge (American, b.1917)
Dorothea Lange [Looking Left], 1936/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil verso, 20 x 15.1cm.
Son of photographer Imogen Cunningham, Partridge was introduced to photography at an early age and later became an apprentice to Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.
$2,900
148 Rondal Partridge (American, b.1917)
Dorothea Lange And Zeiss Jewell Camera, 1937/2002. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil verso, 34.2 x 25.8cm.
Son of photographer Imogen Cunningham, Partridge was introduced to photography at an early age and later became an apprentice to Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.
$2,200