Max Dupain Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Max Dupain Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 24, 2026
Max Dupain (1911-1992) At Newport, 1952, printed later
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Max Dupain (1911-1992) At Newport, 1952, printed later signed and dated lower right: 'Max Dupain '52' gelatin silver print 30.5 x 34.0cm (12 x 13 3/8in).
Bonhams
Aug. 08, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, 1911-1992, Caltex Columbo, silver gelatin photo, 27 x 22.5cm (frame size 45 x 38cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MAX DUPAIN 1911-1992 Caltex Columbo silver gelatin photo Ticket Price $1800
Lawsons
Aug. 08, 2026
Max Dupain, Monstera Leaf Bud Unfolding, silver gelatin photograph, signed lower right, authenticity stamp verso Diana Dupain, image 50.5cm x 40cm, frame 64cm x 54cm
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Max Dupain Monstera Leaf Bud Unfolding silver gelatin photograph, signed lower right, authenticity stamp verso Diana Dupain Ticket Price $1550
Lawsons
Aug. 08, 2026
Max Dupain, Middle Harbour, silver gelatin photograph, image 29.5cm x 37cm, Frame 44cm x 54cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Max Dupain Middle Harbour silver gelatin photograph Ticket Price $1800
Lawsons
Jul. 08, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Big Sky, silver gelatin, 18.5 x 20.5 cm. (7.28 x 8.07 in.), frame: 38 x 39 x 2 cm. (14.96 x 15.34 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $500 - $700
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Big Sky silver gelatin unsigned
Lawsons
Jun. 29, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), St. Matthews, Windsoe NSW, c1963, silver gelatin, 12.5 x 18 cm. (4.91 x 7.08 in.), frame: 32 x 36 x 2 cm. (12.59 x 14.16 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $400 - $600
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) St. Matthews, Windsoe NSW, c1963 silver gelatin unsigned
Lawsons
Jun. 29, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Old Spit Bridge, Middle Harbour 1935, silver gelatin, 9.5 x 14.5 cm. (3.74 x 5.71 in.), frame: 23 x 26 x 2 cm. (9.06 x 10.24 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $500 - $700
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Old Spit Bridge, Middle Harbour 1935 silver gelatin unsigned
Lawsons
Jun. 29, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Big Sky, silver gelatin, 18.5 x 20.5 cm. (7.28 x 8.07 in.), frame: 38 x 39 x 2 cm. (14.96 x 15.34 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $500 - $700
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Big Sky silver gelatin unsigned
Lawsons
Jun. 29, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Delivering Milk Cans, Hunter Valley 1930s, silver gelatin, 18.5 x 23.5 cm. (7.28 x 9 1/4 in.), frame: 38 x 42 x 3 cm. (14.96 x 16.53 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $500 - $700
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Delivering Milk Cans, Hunter Valley 1930s silver gelatin unsigned
Lawsons
Jun. 24, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Studio Portrait, 1940, silver gelatin laid on board (unframed), 16.7 x 12.2 cm. (6.57 x 4.79 in.), sheet: 17.8 x 12.3 cm. (7.00 x 4.83 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Studio Portrait, 1940 silver gelatin laid on board (unframed) signed and dated to margin lower right: - Max Dupain 40 -
Lawsons
May. 20, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Interior, Elizabeth Bay House 198, print (printed for The Royal Blind Society), 41.5 x 33 cm. (16.33 x 12.99 in.), frame: 65 x 51 x 3 cm. (25.58 x 20.07 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Interior, Elizabeth Bay House 198 print (printed for The Royal Blind Society) facsimile signature to margin lower left Royal Blind Society embossed stamp to margin lower right
Lawsons
May. 20, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Moon Flower, 1982, print (printed for The Royal Blind Society), 41 x 33 cm. (16.14 x 12.99 in.), frame: 61 x 46 x 3 cm. (24.01 x 18.10 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Moon Flower, 1982 print (printed for The Royal Blind Society) facsimile signature to margin lower left Royal Blind Society embossed stamp to margin lower right
Lawsons
May. 19, 2026
Max Dupain, (1911-1992), Jean, 1937 (Printed c. 1970), silver gelatin photograph, 45.5 x 37.5 cm
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Max Dupain (1911-1992) Jean, 1937 (Printed c. 1970) silver gelatin photograph signed and dated in image l.r.c. 'Max Dupain, '37', titled below image l.l.c. 'Jean'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 07, 2026
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992), (i) Martin Place by Night 1939; (ii) (Martin Place)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) (i) Martin Place by Night 1939; (ii) (Martin Place) gelatin silver photograph (2) (i) 29.5 x 23.5 cm (image); 30.0 x 24.0 cm (sheet) signed and dated lower right: - Max Dupain ‘39 - bears inscription verso: 0353 (ii) 44.0 x 39.0 cm (image); 44.0 x 40.0 cm (sheet) signed lower right: - Max Dupain - bears inscription verso: 0341
Menzies
Apr. 28, 2026
MAX DUPAIN 1911-1992 Sunbaker 1937 (printed 1970s) silver gelatin print on paper 39 x 43 cm
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
MAX DUPAIN 1911-1992 Sunbaker 1937 (printed 1970s) silver gelatin print on paper inscribed ‘Sunbaker' lower left; signed and dated ‘- Max Dupain '37 -' lower right 39 x 43 cm PROVENANCE Max Dupain, Sydney Private Collection, Miami Private Collection, Cincinnati EXHIBITED SELECTED EXHIBITIONS The Thirties and Australia, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 19 June – 13 July 1980, no. 101, illustrated (another example) Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August – 28 September 1980, no. 28, illustrated (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) Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 20 February – 22 May 1988, illustrated (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, no. 22 (another example) Max Dupain – An Appreciation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 August 1992 – 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) The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March – 8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 4 July 2015 – 11 October 2015 (another example) Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 6 August – 9 November 2025, no. 206, illustrated (another example) LITERATURE SELECTED LITERATURE Hal Missingham and Max Dupain, Max Dupain Photographs, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1948, plate 7 (illustrated, another example) The Thirties and Australia, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 1980, p. 18 (illustrated, another example) Gael Newton, Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1980, (illustrated, another example) Max Dupain, Max Dupain's Australia, Viking, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 104-105 (illustrated, another example) Sandra Byron, ‘Photography', in Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1988, p. 127 (illustrated, another example) Josef Lebovic Gallery and Helen Ennis, ‘Twentieth Century Photography', in Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1989, pp. 150-151, (illustrated, another example) Robin Bruckner, Art and Design Book 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p. 144 (illustrated, another example) Gael Newton, ‘It was a Simple Affair: Max Dupain Sunbaker', in Brought to Light: Australian Art 1850-1965 from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1998, pp. 142-144, 146-147 (illustrated, another example) Bruce James, ‘Australian Collection: Australian Photography', in Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p. 204 (illustrated, another example) Robert McFarlane, ‘Max Dupain', in Black + White – The Masters, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p. 195 (illustrated, another example) Jill White, Sebastian Smee, and Mathew Cawood, Dupain's Beaches, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2000, cover (illustrated, another example), pp. 68-71 (illustrated, another example) Natasha Bullock, Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian Photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, n.p. (illustrated, another example) Jill White and Frank Moorhouse, Dupain's Australia, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2003, p. 22 (illustrated, another example) Judy Annear, ‘Australian Modernism', in Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp. 136, 142, 195 (illustrated, another example) Helen Ennis, ‘Localism and Internationalism', in Photography and Australia, Reaktion Books, London, 2007, pp. 112-114, plate 64 (illustrated, another example) Judy Annear, The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, p. 271 (illustrated, another example) Shaune Lakin, Max and Olive: The Photographic Life of Olive Cotton and Max Dupain, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2016, pp. 15 (illustrated, another example), 44
Smith & Singer
Apr. 02, 2026
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Morning Mist, Sydney Harbour Bridge 1950 archival pigment print, printed later 29.5 x 28cm (image); 30.5 x 29...
Est: $500 - $700
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Morning Mist, Sydney Harbour Bridge 1950 archival pigment print, printed later artist's name, title and date on reproduction label verso 29.5 x 28cm (image); 30.5 x 29cm (sheet); 54 x 52cm (frame) PROVENANCE: Jill and Peter White,
Leonard Joel
Mar. 22, 2026
DUPAIN Max (1911-1992), 'Sunset Frenchs Forest', Silver Gelatin Photograph, 34x46.5cm
Est: $1,200 - $2,000
DUPAIN, Max (1911-1992) 'Sunset Frenchs Forest' Date of printing unknown. Signed and inscribed lower right in pencil by Max Dupain: 'Max Dupain '30s'. Silver Gelatin Photograph 34x46.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney; Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 'Important Australian & International Fine Art,' May 2nd 2012 (lot 101 - label verso); private collection, UK.
Davidson Auctions
Mar. 09, 2026
Max Dupain (Australian 1911 - 1992). Ballerina, 1938.
Est: €600 - €800
Max Dupain (Australian 1911 - 1992) Ballerina, 1938 gelatin silver print signed and dated (lower right) image size 58.5 x 47.7 cm., frame size 63 x 52 cm. Condition: With retouchings in places, otherwise apparently in good condition, unexamined out of the frame. Framed behind glass.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Mar. 04, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Homestead, Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta, photographic print, 30 x 24 cm. (11.81 x 9.44 in.), frame: 52 x 45 x 2 cm. (20.46 x 17.71 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $400 - $600
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Homestead, Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta photographic print Max Dupain and Associates blindstamp lower left
Lawsons
Feb. 17, 2026
Max Dupain, (1911-1992), Homestead, Elizabeth Farm, Parrramatta, photographic print, 30 x 24 cm
Est: $600 - $800
Max Dupain (1911-1992) Homestead, Elizabeth Farm, Parrramatta photographic print embossed stamp lower left
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 04, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Interior Elizabeth Bay House, 1978, photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society), 32.5 x 41.5 cm. (12.80 x 16.33 in.), frame: 61 x 49 x 4 cm. (24.01 x 19.28 x 1.57 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Interior Elizabeth Bay House, 1978 photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society) facsimile signed lower left to margin Royal Blind Society blind stamp lower right to margin
Lawsons
Feb. 04, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Blue Gum Forest c1940, photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society), 35.5 x 32.5 cm. (13.98 x 12.80 in.), frame: 61 x 49 x 5 cm. (24.01 x 19.28 x 1.97 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Blue Gum Forest c1940 photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society) facsimile signed lower left to margin Royal Blind Society blind stamp lower right to margin
Lawsons
Jan. 22, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, SUNBAKER 1937,
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MAX DUPAIN, SUNBAKER 1937, SILVER GELATIN PRINT (PRINTED LATER), ED. 68/90, ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM JILL WHITE, 37 X 42.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 51.5 X 61.5CM PROVENANCE: JILL WHITE, MELBOURNE BYRON MAP GALLERY, SYDNEY PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
Leonard Joel
Jan. 05, 2026
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Magnolia, 1982, silver gelatin, ed. 18/90, 36 x 46 cm. (14.16 x 18.10 in.), frame: 61 x 70 x 3 cm. (24.01 x 27.55 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Magnolia, 1982 silver gelatin, ed. 18/90 printed, mounted and matted on archival material by Jill White from the original Max Dupain negative Jill White blind stamp lower right Jill White certificate of authenticity verso
Lawsons
Dec. 14, 2025
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-92) and Kerry Dundas silver gelatin 8 photo
Est: $300 - $500
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-92) and Kerry Dundas silver gelatin 8 photos, 25 x 14 cm
Amanda Addams Auctions
Dec. 14, 2025
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-1992) silver gelatin photographs includes
Est: $200 - $400
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-1992) silver gelatin photographs includes Maxwell Dupain, Kerry Dundas, Clive Kane, John Seymour with a photograph of Mr. A. J. Cambell Deputy General Manager of CSR Company, Dr. D.D. Brown Deputy General Manager of SCR Company, industrial photographs and colour photographs, sizes from 9 x 11 cm to 20 x 25 cm, total 11 photographs.
Amanda Addams Auctions
Dec. 14, 2025
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-1992) factory and industrial scenes silver
Est: $200 - $400
Maxwell Dupain (Australian 1911-1992) factory and industrial scenes silver gelatin 8 photographs, all with studio stamps, 5 photographs 25 x 20 cm, 21 x 16 cm, 25 x 14 cm, 14 x 19 cm
Amanda Addams Auctions
Dec. 03, 2025
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Sunbaker 1937 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 36 x 45.5cm (image); 40.5 x 51cm (sheet); 44 x 53.5cm (frame)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
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) PROVENANCE: The Estate of Max Dupain, Sydney Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: 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) LITERATURE: 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 NOTES: 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
Leonard Joel
Dec. 03, 2025
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Form at Bondi 1939 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 38 x 38cm (image); 50.5 x 40.5cm (sheet); 65 x 53cm (...
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Form at Bondi 1939 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s artist's name, title and date on Rex Dupain authenticity stamp verso (concealed) 38 x 38cm (image); 50.5 x 40.5cm (sheet); 65 x 53cm (frame) PROVENANCE: The Estate of Max Dupain, Sydney Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August – 28 September 1980 (another example) On the Beach, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 - 28 December 1982 (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 (another example) Max Dupain – An Appreciation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 - 30 August 1992 (another example) On the Beach: With Whiteley and Fellow Australian Artists, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 1 March – 29 June 2003 (another example) Bondi: A Biography, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 17 December 2005 – 19 March 2006 (another example) LITERATURE: Newton, G., Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1980, cat. no. 27 (illus., another example) Slutzkin, L., On the Beach, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982, cat. no. 38 (illus., another example) Sayers, A., 'Order and Transcendence: Art between the Wars 1919-39', in Australian Art, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, p. 137, pl. 78 (another example) White, J., and Moorhouse, F., Dupain's Australia, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2003, p. 10 (illus., another example) Peel, R., Australian Postwar Photodocumentary in Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 195 (another example) OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; National Library of Australia, Canberra; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne © Max Dupain/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Dec. 03, 2025
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Rhythmic Form c.1935 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 34 x 47.5cm (image); 40.5 x 50.5cm (sheet); 53 x 65...
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992) Rhythmic Form c.1935 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s artist's name, title and date on Rex Dupain authenticity stamp verso (concealed) 34 x 47.5cm (image); 40.5 x 50.5cm (sheet); 53 x 65cm (frame) PROVENANCE: The Estate of Max Dupain, Sydney Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE: McFarlane, R., Max Dupain – Modernist, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2007 "Flesh and stone were the two great influences on Max Dupain's vision. From his earliest photographs, he strove to transform the naked human body into something resembling the marble forms of antiquity. Women, especially, were of ten rendered as triumphantly sensual yet naturalistic, as if the sculptor Bernini had suddenly picked up a camera." OTHER NOTES: © Max Dupain/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Dec. 01, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, AUSTRALIA (1911 - 1992), Magnolia, 1982, silver gelatin print, ed. 18/90, 36 x 46 cm. (14.16 x 18.10 in.), frame: 61 x 70 x 3 cm. (24.01 x 27.55 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
MAX DUPAIN AUSTRALIA, (1911 - 1992) Magnolia, 1982 silver gelatin print, ed. 18/90 printed, mounted and matted on archival material by Jill White from the original Max Dupain negative Jill White blind stamp lower right Jill White certificate of authenticity verso
Lawsons
Dec. 01, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, AUSTRALIA (1911 - 1992), The Sunbaker, 1937, silver gelatin print, ed. 60/90, 42 x 36 cm. (16.53 x 14.16 in.), frame: 52 x 69 x 3 cm. (20.46 x 27.17 x 1.17 in.)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
MAX DUPAIN AUSTRALIA, (1911 - 1992) The Sunbaker, 1937 silver gelatin print, ed. 60/90 printed, mounted and matted on archival material by Jill White from the original Max Dupain negative Jill White blind stamp lower right Jill White certificate of authenticity verso
Lawsons
Nov. 28, 2025
Max Dupain (1911-92) Australia - The Sunbaker
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Max Dupain (1911-92) Australia - The Sunbaker Photograph Rex Dupain Verification stamp verso
Colville Auctions
Nov. 24, 2025
Max Dupain, (1911-1992), Late Afternoon, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1937, silver gelatin photograph, 24 x 34 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,500
Max Dupain (1911-1992) Late Afternoon, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1937 silver gelatin photograph signed and dated l.r.c. 'Max Dupain, '37', titled on inner mount 'Late Afternoon, Hyde Park, Sydney'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Interior Elizabeth Bay House, 1978, photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society), 41.5 x 32.5 cm. (16.3 x 12.8 in.), frame: 72 x 61 x 3 cm. (28.3 x 24.0 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Interior Elizabeth Bay House, 1978 photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society) facsimile signed lower left to margin Royal Blind Society blind stamp lower right to margin
Lawsons
Oct. 29, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Moonflower, 1982, photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society), 40.5 x 32.5 cm. (15.9 x 12.8 in.), frame: 71 x 62 x 3 cm. (27.9 x 24.4 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $300 - $500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Moonflower, 1982 photographic print (reprinted for the Royal Blind Society) facsimile signed lower left to margin Royal Blind Society blind stamp lower right to margin
Lawsons
Oct. 14, 2025
Max Dupain, Jean with wire mesh, 1938
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Max Dupain (1911 - 1992) Jean with wire mesh, 1938 silver gelatin photograph 48.5 x 34.5 cm 61.5 x 51.0 cm (frame) signed and dated in image lower right: Max Dupain '38 inscribed with title below image lower left: Jean with wire mesh PROVENANCE Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1991 EXHIBITED The Enduring Glance: 20th Century Australian Photography from the Corrigan Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 22 June – 28 July 2002, cat. 22 (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, illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 140) Max Dupain's Australians, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July 2003 – 1 February 2004 (another example) Soul of a City: Modernism and Sydney Photography 1930 to 1950, Delmar Gallery, Sydney, 17 May – 15 June 2014 (another example) Versus Rodin: Bodies across Space and Time, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 4 March – 16 July 2017 (another example) Robert Wilson: Moving Portraits, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 July – 3 October 2022 (another example) Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 6 August – 9 November 2025, cat. 142 (another example) LITERATURE The Home: an Australian Quarterly, Art in Australia, Sydney, vol. 17, no. 2, 1 February 1936, p. 57 (illus., another example, as 'Photographic Study') Dupain, M., Max Dupain, Print Room Press, Sydney, 1991, pl. 79 (illus., another example) McFarlane, R., Black + White - The Masters, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p. 200 (illus., another example) White, J., Dupain's Australians, Chapter and Verse, Sydney, 2003, p. 57 (illus., another example) Max Dupain's Australians, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, front cover (illus., another example) Annear, J., Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp. 136, 140 (illus., another example) Devenport, R., et al., AGSA 500, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2024 (another example) Harding, L., Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2025, pp. 33, 35 (illus., another example), 227 (illus., another example) RELATED WORK Jean with wire mesh (eyes open), c.1935, gelatin silver photograph, 50.8 x 40.6 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 14, 2025
Max Dupain, Little nude, 1938
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Max Dupain (1911 - 1992) Little nude, 1938 silver gelatin photograph 48.0 x 35.5 cm 61.5 x 51.0 cm (frame) signed and dated in image lower right: Max Dupain '38 inscribed with title below image lower left: Little nude PROVENANCE Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1991 EXHIBITED Max Dupain Retrospective 1930-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August – 28 September 1980, cat. 35 (another example, as 'Nude') Seeing is believing - the art in photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 December 1985 – 19 January 1986, cat. 14 (another example, as 'Nude') Celebrity Choice - Sam Neill, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 January – 8 February 1987 (another example, as 'Nude') Four Photographers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 June – 19 August 1990 (another example, as 'Nude') Max Dupain - An Appreciation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 – 30 August 1992 (another example, as 'Nude') Critic's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 April – 10 July 1994 (another example, as 'Nude') 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, as 'Nude') The photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March – 8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 4 July – 11 October 2015 (another example, as 'Nude') Public Image, Private Lives: Family, Friends and Self in Photography, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 5 February – 18 September 2016 (another example, as 'Nude') Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 6 August – 9 November 2025, cat. 179 (another example) LITERATURE Dupain, M., Max Dupain's Australia, Viking, Victoria, 1986, p. 108 (illus., another example) Dupain, M., Max Dupain, Print Room Press, Sydney, 1991, pl. 69 (illus., another example) McFarlane, R., Black + White - The Masters, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p. 205 (illus., another example) White, J., Dupain's Australians, Chapter and Verse, Sydney, 2003, p. 51 (illus., another example) Annear, J., The Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, p. 271 (illus., another example) Robb, L., Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2017 Harding, L., Man Ray and Max Dupain, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2025, p. 230 (illus., another example) RELATED WORK Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 14, 2025
Max Dupain, Moira in mirror, 1940
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Max Dupain (1911 - 1992) Moira in mirror, 1940 silver gelatin photograph 49.0 x 39.0 cm 63.0 x 52.5 cm (frame) signed and dated in image lower right: Max Dupain '40 inscribed with title below image lower left: Moira in mirror PROVENANCE Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1990 RELATED WORK Other examples of this photograph are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 17, 2025
Max Dupain, Nude, 1937
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Max Dupain, Australian 1911-1992, Nude, 1937; bromoil gelatin silver print, image: 19 x 23.5 cm, (framed) (ARR) Provenance: Deutscher-Menzies, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 16th March 2005, lot 194
Roseberys
Sep. 02, 2025
Max Dupain, (1911-1992), Gilmore's Bookshop, Bond Street, 1936, silver gelatin photograph, 39.5 x 49.5 cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Max Dupain (1911-1992) Gilmore's Bookshop, Bond Street, 1936 silver gelatin photograph inscribed l.l.c. 'Bond St. Bookstore 1936', signed and dated lower right 'Max Dupain '36'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 02, 2025
Max Dupain, (1911-1992), York and Carrington Street - Twilight, 1930, silver gelatin photograph, 39.5 x 49.5 cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Max Dupain (1911-1992) York and Carrington Street - Twilight, 1930 silver gelatin photograph inscribed l.l.c. 'York and Carrington - Twilight', signed and dated l.r.c. 'Max Dupain, '30'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 27, 2025
Max Dupain, Sunbaker, 1937 (printed later)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Max Dupain (1911 - 1992) Sunbaker, 1937 (printed later) silver gelatin photograph 37.5 x 39.5 cm signed and dated in image lower right: – Max Dupain '37 – inscribed with title below image: Sunbaker PROVENANCE John Chalk, Queensland, acquired directly from the artist in 1990 Thence by descent Private collection, Queensland EXHIBITED Max Dupain: A Retrospective 1930 – 1975, The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 21 October – 29 November 1975; and touring (another example) The Thirties and Australia, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 19 June – 13 July 1980, cat. 101 (another example) Max Dupain Retrospective 1930 – 1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 August – 28 September 1980, cat. 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. 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 | 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) LITERATURE 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 RELATED WORK Other examples of this photograph 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 | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide ESSAY There are only a handful of artworks that have been as influential on the creation of a national psyche as Max Dupain’s photograph, Sunbaker, 1937. Its enduring power derives from the incorporation of twin social mythologies prevalent during the inter-war period: that of the ‘old sunburnt country’ and physical health as a symbol for the strength and potential of Modernity. Sunbaker would come to represent in a single recognisable image the new outdoor Australian way of life: the simplicity of composition, dramatic contrast of light, and purity of context coincided to create a powerful and iconic image. Judy Annear, Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney attributed this to Dupain’s ability to ‘adroitly harness a moment in time that came to symbolise the ambitions of a nation.’1 The story of how this modest snapshot from within one of Dupain’s holiday albums, compiled following a trip to the south coast of New South Wales in 1937 with his friends Harold Salvage and Chris Vandyke, would become the subject of such massive exposure in the latter half of the 20th century is a tale of coincidence. This version of Sunbaker, identical in size and format to those in most of Australia’s state and national collections, is the second version of two pictures that Dupain took at the same time in 1937. The artist chose to publish the other, Sunbaker II, 1937, in a monograph of his work in 1948, and sometime after this, its negative was lost.2 It wasn’t until 1975, thanks to the combined marketing power of a retrospective exhibition of Dupain’s photographs and a later survey of Australian photography, that the image was presented to wide national audiences. The Max Dupain: Retrospective at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney in 1975 used Sunbaker as a promotional image and four years later, it was illustrated on the back cover of the catalogue for Australian photographers: the Philip Morris Collection. The images in Australian photographers were personally selected by James Mollison, founding director of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.3 In formal terms, the composition of Sunbaker marked a departure from the artist’s earlier surrealist studio montages, which often featured full-length female nudes. Creating a visual correlation between the geometric solidity of a pyramid and the physical strength of a young man, Dupain’s photograph sits in a neat nexus between modernist formalism and an idealistic focus on physical wellbeing in the interwar years. This young man, with his bronzed skin and muscles glistening with salt, sand, sweat and seawater would come to embody the ideal antipodean (ironically, he was an Englishman who had recently emigrated to Australia). The subject does not call out to the viewer, encouraging them to emigrate to the idealised southern land of sunshine and good health, as he would have in contemporary advertisements. Instead, we as viewers, intrude on his intimacy and respite, the reduced form of his recumbent body jutting out into the foreground of the photograph, almost transcending the barrier of the picture plane. The austere simplicity and lack of spatial context of Dupain’s composition creates a timeless and universal space where man is at one with the land, resting on the horizon’s edge. 1. Annear, J., Photography: The Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp. 142 – 149 2. Newton, G., ‘The Sunbaker’ in White, J., Dupain’s Beaches, Chapter & Verse, Sydney, 2000, p. 68 3. Annear, J., Photograph and Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2015, p. 46 © Max Dupain/Copyright Agency 2025
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 21, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Circular Quay from Harbour Bridge Pylon, 1938, silver gelatin, 35 x 48.5 cm. (13.7 x 19.0 in.), frame: 49 x 61 x 2 cm. (19.2 x 24.0 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Circular Quay from Harbour Bridge Pylon, 1938 silver gelatin signed and dated lower right: Max Dupain/ '38 titled and dated lower right below image: Circular Quay from Harbour Bridge Pylon/ 1938
Lawsons
Aug. 17, 2025
DUPAIN Max (1911-1992), 'Sunbaker,' 1937 (printed later), Silver Gelatin Photograph, 37x45.5cm (image) 40.5x50.5cm (sheet)
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
DUPAIN, Max (1911-1992) 'Sunbaker,' 1937 (printed later) Rex Dupain verification stamp verso, signed by Rex Dupain. Silver Gelatin Photograph 37x45.5cm (image) 40.5x50.5cm (sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 08, 2025
Max Dupain 1911-92) Australia - Orchid
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Max Dupain 1911-92) Australia Orchid Original photograph Signed dated on photo in pencil lower right
Colville Auctions
Jul. 02, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, Australian (1911 - 1992), Waiting for the Queen, silver gelatin (unframed/mounted on cardboard), 55.5 x 49 cm. (21.8 x 19.2 in.)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
MAX DUPAIN Australian, (1911 - 1992) Waiting for the Queen silver gelatin (unframed/mounted on cardboard) signed lower right
Lawsons
Jun. 30, 2025
MAX DUPAIN, Australia (1911 - 1992), Vignette - Box Form (9 works), (9) silver gelatin prints, 12 x 10.5 cm. (4.7 x 4.1 in.), sheet: 15.3 x 12.8 cm. (6.0 x 5.0 in.) each
Est: $800 - $1,200
MAX DUPAIN Australia, (1911 - 1992) Vignette - Box Form ( 9 works) (9) silver gelatin prints unsigned
Lawsons