Rhythmic Form
c1935/printed 1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, two authentication stamps, one with Dupain’s facsimile signature, the other lists title, date taken “1930s”, printing date “1980s” with signature of photographer’s son Rex Dupain in pencil verso, 22 x 32.5cm. Framed. Illustrated and titled Nude in Art in Australia, p70, 15.11.1935. “Flesh and stone were the two great influences on Max Dupain’s vision. From his earliest photographs he strove to transform the naked human body into something resembling the marble forms of antiquity. Women, especially, were often rendered as triumphantly sensual yet naturalistic, as if the sculptor Bernini had suddenly picked up a camera.” Ref: Robert McFarlane, “Max Dupain – Modernist”, SMH, 27.6.2007.
Item #CL203-41
Price (AUD): $8,800.00 other currencies