Spontaneous Composition 1935

Max Dupain (1911-1992)

Spontaneous Composition 1935

gelatin silver print, printed later
37.5 x 40.0 cm (sheet)

signed and dated lower right: - Max Dupain '30 -

titled verso: Spontaneous Composition

Provenance:

The Estate of Max Dupain, Sydney

(stamped verso)

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August - 28 September 1980 (another example)

Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1988 (another example)

Four Photographers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 June - 19 August 1990 (another example)

Max Dupain - An Appreciation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 August 1992 - 30 August 1992 (another example)

Body Parts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 September 2015 - 31 January 2016 (another example)

Reference:

Newton, G., Max Dupain, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980 (illus. pl.25, another example)

White, J. & Moorhouse, F., Dupain's Australians, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2003, p.6 (illus., another example)

Related Works:

Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Estimate: $5000 - 7000

Result Hammer: $8000