Eastern Suburbs, Sydney [Bellevue Hill Looking Towards Rose Bay]
c1970s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil lower right, titled in pencil on original backing below image, 20.7 x 29.3cm. Upper edge affixed to original backing. More
c1970s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil lower right, titled in pencil on original backing below image, 20.7 x 29.3cm. Upper edge affixed to original backing. More
c1938/1970s. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 22.4 x 20.3cm. Slight developing flaws, minor creases with surface cracks to lower left corner. Stamp includes “Max Dupain and Associates Pty Ltd, Unit 13, Valletta Building, Campbell Street, Artarmon 2064, Australia. Telephone 439 4140, 439 4256.” Advertising signs in the image include..... More
c1969. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, press print, photographer’s stamp, publishing and date stamps with “1969”, “1970” and “1982”, newsprint and typed slips with captions, and publishing annotations in pencil verso, 20.6 x 23.6cm. Minor handling crinkles, some with surface cracks and chips to corners, indents due to annotation verso, old..... More
1935/1970s. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 29.6 x 25.7cm. Handling crinkles, some with surface cracking. Stamp includes “Max Dupain and Associates Pty Ltd, Unit 13, Valletta Building, Campbell Street, Artarmon 2064, Australia. Telephone 439 4140, 439 4256.” Illustrated in White, Dupain’s Sydney, 1999, p66. Taken from Central Station colonnade..... More
c1969. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, press print, photographer’s stamp, publishing and date stamps “1969” and “1990”, and typed slip with caption verso, 16.4 x 21.1cm. Minor crinkles, stains and dents to upper edge. Caption continues “Looking down along the main pedestrian entrance from Anzac Parade.” Stamps include “Max Dupain and..... More
c1870s. Eight albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, seven titled in ink above, below or on image, one with printed title attached to backing below image, all with studio line printed on backing verso, 5.9 x 9.3cm (approx. each). Minor silvering, foxing or scuffing overall, all laid down on original backing..... More
c1891. Four albumen paper photographs, stereo card format, one annotated in ink, letterpress studio line on backing on all four, and studio label attached to three backings verso, 7.7 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Minor chips or creases to edges, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Annotation reads “Bourke St..... More
1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated and dated “registered 1904” and signed in negative lower left, 38.1 x 118.1cm. Repaired missing portions and tears to edges, minor scuffs and slight soiling to upper portion. Laid down on acid-free backing. Image taken from the mast of a ship on Sydney Harbour..... More
c1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated “registered” and signed in negative lower right, 37.6 x 117.8cm. Stains, soiling and minor surface loss to upper portion, repaired tears and missing portions to edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. This is believed to be the first aerial photograph taken in Australia. It..... More
c1993-1994/2016. Ten silver gelatin photographs, each captioned, dated and signed in pencil verso, from 10.7 x 34.8cm to 32.8 x 26.4cm. Extract from SLNSW: “Colgate-Palmolive, a New York-based company, opened a soap factory at East Balmain in 1923. In 1924 Palmolive soap was launched in Australia. By 1925 there were..... More
1875. Albumen paper photograph, title, photographer’s line “N.J. Caire, photo, Sandhurst”, printer’s line “J.W. Forbes, Agent. Welch, Typo” and captions in letterpress on backing, 12.7 x 18.1cm (photograph), 25.7 x 30.5cm (backing). Foxing, soiling, stains and cockling, laid down on original presentation backing. Captions read “Lazarus’ Crushing Plant; Bonati’s Company;..... More
1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink in lower margin, 15.1 x 15cm. More
1935/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil in lower margin, 37.2 x 25.7cm. Printed by Olive Cotton. More
1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in ink and dated in pencil in lower margin, annotated and titled with photographer’s address in ink verso, 28.1 x 35.9cm. Stain to lower edge of image, some retouching, slight surface loss to left margin. Annotation reads “Wollomombi Gorge, New England, NSW..... More
1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 37.5 x 30.4cm. Minor indentation, silvering and soiling to image lower left, slight cockling and foxing to margins. More
c1942/1990. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “c1942” and signed in pencil in lower margin, 31.5 x 30.4cm. Retouching to image centre. Held in NGA. More
1996. Vintage C-type photograph with added hand-colouring, captioned “Hollywood”, signed and dated in ink verso, 24.2 x 18.5cm. Slight scuffing to image lower centre. Illustrated in Van Daele and Lumby, Art Deco architecture in Australia: a spirit of progress, 1997, p160. Built in 1942, Hotel Hollywood was designed by architect..... More
1996. Vintage C-type photograph with added hand-colouring, captioned “Piccadilly”, signed and dated in ink verso, 26 x 19.1cm. Minor handling creases. Illustrated in Van Daele and Lumby, Art Deco architecture in Australia: a spirit of progress, 1997, p193. Designed by architects Evans, Bruer and Hall with Guy Crick, the Piccadilly..... More
1979. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink in lower margin, also signed in pencil verso, 16.1 x 24.2cm. Held in AGNSW. More
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, titled and dated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 12.4 x 50.7cm. Slight soiling, foxing and scuffs overall. Blind stamp reads “R.P. Moore, Lyons Rd, Five Dock, Sydney.” Fort Street alumni are traditionally called “Fortians”. Prominent..... More
1927. Silver gelatin photograph, panorama, title, date and photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 20.4 x 94.2cm. Slight foxing overall, minor soiling to upper portion. Framed. Photographer’s line includes “P. Moore, 10 Honnere St, Wellington [NZ].”. More
c1859-1864. Albumen paper photograph, typed title on accompanying slip, 15.4 x 20.8cm. Stains to upper edge, slight foxing overall. More
c1962. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 22.8 x 29cm. Minor chips to upper edge and slight silvering to edges of image. Stamp reads “Rob Hillier, 114 Walker Street, North Sydney, XB 9276.” Image shows a three-masted schooner moored at Pier 3 with nine buildings of various ages, which have..... More
1958-2015. Collection of 50 digital colour prints from negative based images, all annotated, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, sizes range from 23.4 x 38.2cm to 38.4 x 30.4cm. This collection consists of 50 of Smith’s best photographs from his vast collection, providing an Australian and international survey of..... More