Max Dupain (1911–1992)
Old Dolls Resprayed, 1955
silver gelatin photograph
30 x 21.2 cm, framed
On original album page; estate stamp verso signed by Rex Dupain; auction sticker
Provenance
Dupain Estate
Rex Dupain, the artist’s son Private collection, Sydney
Dupain Estate
Rex Dupain, the artist’s son Private collection, Sydney
Mossgreen Auction sale
Private collection, Sydney
Image size: 30 x 21.2 cm
Framed size: 64 x 53.5 cm
Literature
Max Dupain’s Australia, edited Jill White, Viking, p.60
Max Dupain’s Australia, edited Jill White, Viking, p.60
Also known as Dolls Hospital, Sydney, which was located on Stoney Creek Road in Bexley in Sydney’s south and was operating from 1913 to 2015. After leaving Bexley, it relocated in 2018 to Appin, New South Wales (near Campbelltown), and in 2026, after 113 years of operation, the physical Doll Hospital closed its doors. The State Library of New South Wales holds a related work, File 27: Old dolls resprayed, 1940s.
$5,500
In stock
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