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| Cecil Bostock | ||
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114 Cecil Bostock A Portfolio of Art Photographs, 1917.
A portfolio of 10 silver gelatin prints, each tipped-in, each
signed and titled on the page. The portfolio with board covers,
original silver gelatin photograph label to front cover, the
pages sewn in centre. Issued in 1917 in an edition of 25, this
being number 18/25. Sold by Tyrrell's, Booksellers (original
label to inside front cover). Bookplate of Henry L. White of
Belltree, Scone, N.S.W. Varying foxing to each page. One of the rarest and most important art folios produced in Australia. |
Portfolio $29,000 |
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#1 City's Highway, 14.1 x 18.8cm. Insect marks (repaired) and slight silvering to image. |
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#2 Byway, 15.3 x 7.7cm. |
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#3 A Decoration, 19.4 x 12.8cm. |
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#4 The Tea Trees, 13.3 x 19.5cm. |
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#5 The Winding Road, 11.7 x 11.2cm. |
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#6 Nude Study, 15.7 x 11.2cm. |
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#7 Landscape - Ryde, 15.5 x 20.5cm. Creased corner. |
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#8 Gone are the Days, 15.6 x 20.3cm. |
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#9 Eventide, 12.8 x 19.7cm. |
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#10 Guardians of the Pool, 15.4 x 20.5cm. |
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| Max Dupain | ||
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115 Five Images. A collection of five of Dupain's most
important and recognised images, including the iconic Sunbaker.
Each printed by Max Dupain between 1980 and 1985. Sold as a complete
and quintessential Max Dupain collection. |
Collection $45,000 |
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#1 Sunbaker, 1937/ early 1980s. Silver gelatin print,
toned, trimmed and laid down on original presentation mount,
37 x 43cm. This one of Australia's photographic icons of the
20th century. |
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#2 At Newport, 1952/early 1980s. Silver gelatin print,
toned, trimmed and laid down on original presentation mount,
36.5 x 39cm. This image has a variant cropping to the usual:
the little girl on the right hand side is left in the image.
Usually Max cropped out this head. |
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#3 Bondi, 1939/early 1980s. Silver gelatin print,
toned, trimmed and laid down on original presentation mount,
46.5 x 38.8cm. |
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#4 The Surf Race, 1947/c.1980s. Silver gelatin print
on warm base paper, 36.9 x 38.1cm. |
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#5 The Meat Queue, 1946/later printing c. 1980s. Silver gelatin print, signed and dated lower right, 34.2 x 50.4cm. |
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