Max Dupain (1911–1992)

Brooms for Sale, c.1940s

silver gelatin photograph
35.5 x 37.5 cm, framed

Signed and dated in pencil on image lower right; label verso dated 1951

Provenance
Dupain Estate
Rex Dupain, the artist’s son Private collection, Sydney

Image size: 35.9 × 37.7 cm

Framed size: 72.8 x 70.5 cm

Exhibitions
None known for this specific print. A sister image in the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection was exhibited in Maitland Annual Exhibition of Photography, Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980 (AGNSW, 1980), and Four Photographers (AGNSW, 1990).

Literature

Max Dupain’s Australia, edited Jill White, Viking, p.56

Newton, G., Max Dupain retrospective 1930–1980, Sydney, 1980, catalogue no. 70 (sister image)

Newton, G., Max Dupain, Sydney, 1980, plate no. 30 (sister image)

Sister Artwork
An example of this work is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection (accession number 275.1982), titled Brooms for sale (1950), gelatin silver photograph, 36.1 x 37.7 cm image/sheet, signed and dated lower right image in pencil “Max Dupain ’51′”, dated upper centre verso original board “…’50”, purchased 1982.

 

The AGNSW example has been shown in three exhibitions: Maitland Annual Exhibition of Photography (1951), Max Dupain Retrospective 1930–1980 (AGNSW, 1980), and Four Photographers (AGNSW, 1990). It is referenced in two publications: Gael Newton, Max Dupain retrospective 1930–1980 (1980, catalogue no. 70) and Gael Newton, Max Dupain (1980, plate no. 30). A related work is held in the State Library of New South Wales.

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