Olive Cotton
(1911 - 2003)
Max after surfing, 1939, printed 1995
silver gelatin photograph
26.0 x 20.0 cm (image)
32.0 x 26.0 cm (sheet)
46.0 x 38.5 cm (frame)
signed below image: Olive Cotton
inscribed with title and numbered verso: Max After Surfing / 14/97
Estimate:
$6,000 - $9,000
Sold:
$7,364 (inc. BP)
lot details
32.0 x 26.0 cm (sheet)
46.0 x 38.5 cm (frame)
inscribed with title and numbered verso: Max After Surfing / 14/97
Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1995
Exhibited
Olive Cotton: Photographs 1920s – 1990s, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 19 October – 11 November 1995, cat. 18
The Unflinching Gaze: photo media and the male figure, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 13 October – 3 December 2017 (another example)
Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 6 August – 9 November 2025, cat. 209 (another example)
Women Photographers 1900 – 1975: A Legacy of Light, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 28 November 2025 – 3 May 2026 (another example)
Literature
Harding, L., Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2025, cat. 209, pp. 196 (illus., another example), 234 (illus., another example)
Related Works
Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Max after surfing, 1937, silver gelatin print, 38.0 x 30.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra