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Lot 28

MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992)
Sunbaker 1937
silver gelatin print
printed c.1980s
artist's name, title and date on Rex Dupain authenticity stamp verso (concealed)
36 x 45.5cm (image); 40.5 x 51cm (sheet); 44 x 53.5cm (frame)

Estimate $7,000 - $9,000

Sold for $7,500


The Estate of Max Dupain, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney


Max Dupain: A Retrospective 1930-1975, The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 21 October - 29 November 1975; then touring (another example)
The Thirties and Australia, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 19 June - 13 July 1980, cat. no. 101 (another example)
Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August - 28 September 1980, cat. no. 26 (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. no. 22 (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 Museum, Sydney, 1 August 2008 - 8 February 2009 (another example)
Australia, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 21 September - 8 December 2013 (another example)
The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March - 8 June 2015; then touring to Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 4 July - 11 October 2015 (another example)
Under the Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's Sunbaker, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 6 May - 6 August 2017 (another example)


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 (illus., another example)
White, J., Smee, S., and 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, 104 (illus., another example), 294


Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

© Max Dupain/Copyright Agency, 2025

Prints and Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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