The Sunbaker 1937; printed 1980s

MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992)

The Sunbaker 1937; printed 1980s

gelatin silver photograph
36.0 x 39.0 cm; 61.0 x 50.0 cm (framed)
signed and dated lower right: - Max Dupain '37 -
inscribed lower left (on mount): Sunbaker

Provenance:
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
The Thirties and Australia, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 19-13 July 1980, cat.101 (illus. exhibition catalogue p.18, another example)
Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August - 28 September 1980, cat.28 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example)
Ten Years On, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, January 1986 (another example)
Celebrity Choice - Sam Neill, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 January - 8 February 1987 (another example)
Four Photographers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 June - 19 August 1990 (another example)
Fine and Mostly Sunny: Photographs from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 September - 1 December 1991, cat.22 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example)
Max Dupain - An Appreciation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11-30 August 1992 (another example)
Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian Photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 September - 17 November 2002 (another example)
On the Beach: with Whiteley and Fellow Australian Artists, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 1 March - 29 June 2003 (another example)
Modern Times, Powerhouse Ultimo, Sydney, 1 August 2008 - 8 February 2009 (another example)
The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March - 8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July - 11 October 2015 (another example)

Reference:
Missingham, H. & Dupain, M., Max Dupain Photographs, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, pl.7 (illus., another example)
Newton, G., Max Dupain: Photographs 1928-80, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980, p.64 (illus., another example)
Free, R. & Newton, G., 'Onsight No. 7', PROFILES, Sydney, 1984, p.22 (illus., another example)
Max Dupain's Australia, Viking Press, Sydney, 1986, p.104 (illus., another example)
Byron, S., 'Photography', Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection Handbook, Sydney, 1988, p.127 (illus., another example)
Lebovic, J. & Ennis, H., 'Twentieth Century Photography', Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1989, pp.150-1, cat.262 (illus., another example)
Ennis, H., Max Dupain: Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1991, p.18
Bruckner, R., Art and Design Book 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p.144 (illus., another example)
Newton, G., 'It Was a Simple Affair: Max Dupain's Sunbaker', in Brought to Light: Australian Art 1850-1965 from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1998, pp.142-4, 146-7 (illus., another example)
James, B., 'Australian Collection: Australian Photography', Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p.204 (illus., another example)
McFarlane, R., 'Max Dupain', Black + White - The Masters, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p.195 (illus., another example)
White, J., Smee, S. & Cawood, M., Dupain's Beaches, Chapter and Verse, Sydney, 2000, p.69 (illus., another example)
White, J., 'Sydney Side-on', Look, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, April 2000, p.28 (illus., another example)
Huntsman, L., 'The Beach and Popular Culture', Sand in Our Souls, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, pp.141-2 (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)

Related Works:
Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Estimate: $30000 - 40000

Result Hammer: $26000

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