The Sunbaker 1937

Max Dupain (1911-1992)

The Sunbaker 1937

silver gelatin photograph
37.0 x 40.0 cm

signed and dated within image: -Max Dupain '37-

printed c1972

Provenance:

The artist

Acquired from the artist, private collection, Sydney

Deutscher + Hackett, Melbourne, 29 April 2009, lot 206

Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:

Newton, G., Max Dupain: Photographs 1928-80, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980, p.64 (illus., another example)

Max Dupain's Australia, Viking Press, Sydney, 1986, p. 104 (illus., another example)

Ennis, H., Max Dupain: Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1991, p.18

White, J., Smee, S. & Cawood, M., Dupain's Beaches, Chapter and Verse, Sydney, 2000, p.69 (illus., another example)

Annear, J., The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, pp.40, 50, 294 (illus. p.104, another example)

Estimate: $30000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $65000