Max Dupain: career timeline
Australian · 1911–1992 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 146 of 160 lots (91% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 84 | 68 | $3.3kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 25 | 20 | $3.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 22 | 21 | $3kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $3.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | $1.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | $2.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $937Sign up | Photograph |
Where does mine fit?
Enter what you know about a work by Max Dupain to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.
1930s 84 works
- Sold
- 68 of 84
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $8.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 15 in (37 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (64), Print (other) (12), Other (8)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (5), Figures & portraits (4), Harbours & ports (4)
1930 Nude at Cronulla c1930$3kSign up
1930 York and Carrington Street - Twilight 1930$2.7kSign up
c. 1930 Experimental Nude 1930s$1.3kSign up
c. 1930 Effect of Movement 1930s$1.1kSign up
c. 1930 Torso in Sun 1930s$1.3kSign up
1930 The Shells c1930s vintage print$1.7kSign up
c. 1930 Untitled (Nude and Cityscape) 1930s$3.7kSign up
1930 Birth of Venus 1930$2.6kSign up
c. 1930 Untitled (Nude on Dune) 1930s$2.6kSign up
c. 1930 Solarised portrait 1930s (printed 1970s)$3kSign up
c. 1930 Nude at Cronulla 1930s$3.2kSign up
1933 The Silos, Morning 1933Unsold
Show 12 more (1930s)
1933 Flight of the Spectres 1933Unsold
1934 No. 1 Nude Composition 1934Unsold
c. 1935 Rhythmic Form,' c.1935 (printed later)$769Sign up
c. 1935 Rhythmic Form,' c.1935 (printed later)Unsold
1935 Silos through Windscreen 1935$3.7kSign up
1935 Spontaneous Composition 1935$7.1kSign up
1935 Brave New World 1935$7.9kSign up
1935 Discobolus and the Machine 1935Unsold
1935 The Silos, Morning 1935$6.2kSign up
1935 Nude in Sunlight 1935$7.9kSign up
1935 Old Spit Bridge 1935$2.7kSign up
1935 Brave New World 1935$1.7kSign up
…and 60 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 25 works
- Sold
- 20 of 25
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 15 in (37 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (13), Other (10), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1940 collection of four silver gelatin photographs$3.9kSign up
c. 1940 Three Men at Work$1.1kSign up
1940 Off Beat 1940Unsold
1940 Sunset, Frenchs Forest 1940Unsold
1940 Surf Race Start (1940)$3.6kSign up
1940 Off Beat 1940Unsold
c. 1940 At Newport 1940s$6.3kSign up
c. 1940 Surf Boat Launch, Manly 1940s$5kSign up
c. 1940 Sharks at Bondi 1940s$3.2kSign up
c. 1940 Sunbaking Arrangement 1940s$1.7kSign up
c. 1940 Forms on the Beach 1940s$1.7kSign up
c. 1940 Beach watchers, Bondi 1940s$3.1kSign up
Show 12 more (1940s)
c. 1940 Stiff nor' easter, Bondi 1940s$2.8kSign up
c. 1940 Manly 1940s [printed 1970s]$2.9kSign up
1940 ManlyUnsold
1941 Nude in Sunlight 1941$2.5kSign up
1942 BILL DOBELL 1942$2.5kSign up
1943 Robert Emerson Curtis, GO Camouflage Operations$504Sign up
1943 Tired Soldier on Train - Queensland 1943Unsold
1946 Meat Queue 1946, printed later$3.8kSign up
1946 Meat Queue 1946 [printed 1970s]$1.6kSign up
1946 Meat Queue, Sydney 1946$8.3kSign up
1946 Meat Queue 1946$5kSign up
1947 collection of three silver gelatin photographs$6.9kSign up
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
1950s 22 works
- Sold
- 21 of 22
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 15.5 in (38 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (19), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (2), Sunsets & night (1), Landscapes (1)
1950 Hudson Fysh,' c$276Sign up
1950 The Office Worker's Dream (1950)$4kSign up
1950 Maroubra Marches Past at Bondi (1950)$2.3kSign up
c. 1950 Twilight, Sydney 1950s vintage print$3.3kSign up
1950 Blue Gum Forest, Grose Valley 1950$3.4kSign up
1950 Tathra, South Coast 1950$4kSign up
1951 Storm at Toowoon Bay$1.3kSign up
1951 Storm at Toowoon Bay (1951, printed 1991)$1.2kSign up
1951 Brooms for Sale$1.1kSign up
1951 Moira in Mirror c1951$2.8kSign up
1951 Moira in Mirror c1951$3.2kSign up
1952 At Newport 1952; printed 1970s$13.2kSign up
Show 10 more (1950s)
1952 At Newport$2.1kSign up
1952 At Newport 1952$15.1kSign up
1952 At Newport 1952$10kSign up
1952 The Jetty, Silver Beach 1952$2.6kSign up
1952 Life at the Spit 1952$3kSign up
1952 At Newport 1952 [printed 1970s]$6kSign up
1952 At Newport 1952$3.6kSign up
1954 Fireworks for the Queen 1954$2.5kSign up
1955 Souvenir of Newport Beach 1955Unsold
1955 Old Dolls Resprayed 1955$2kSign up
1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 15.5 in (42 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Black and White 1960s vintage print$3.8kSign up
1963 Opera House in Construction - Stage 1 1963$5.9kSign up
1967 Sydney Cove$1.6kSign up
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 15 in (39 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
c. 1970 Bridge through Opera House Construction 1970s$2.3kSign up
1970 Monsteria Deliciosa 1970$1.6kSign up
1975 Stair Rail 1975$3.7kSign up
1976 Untitled - Jetty & Heron$388Sign up
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $6.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 15.5 in (48 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Print (other) (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1980 Paris 1980s vintage print$5.3kSign up
c. 1980 Flowers and Dragonfly 1980s$5.1kSign up
1981 The Sunbaker 1937; printed c1981$29.9kSign up
1982 Magnolia$1kSign up
1985 Birth of Venus$2.5kSign up
1986 Portrait of Patrick White,' 1986 (printed 1987)$1.3kSign up
1986 Cabbage 1986$2kSign up
1990s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
14 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $4.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 17.5 in (39 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (1)
sold 2014 Dragonfly$1.2kSign up
sold 2014 Line Up, Surf Carnival$1.7kSign up
sold 2014 The Motorbikes vintage print$2.6kSign up
sold 2015 Landscape Nude$2kSign up
sold 2015 Sun Baker$18.5kSign up
sold 2015 Nude Close Up$2.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $584Sign up
- Average
- $653Sign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 14.5 in (46 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2021 Jesus Saves$659Sign up
sold 2023 Kooralbyn Housing - Queensland (Architect-Harry Seidler)$509Sign up
sold 2023 Hélène Kirsova of the Ballets Russes$384Sign up
sold 2023 Hélène Kirsova of the Ballets RussesUnsold
sold 2024 (5)Unsold
sold 2025 SunbakerUnsold
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2026 Sunset Frenchs Forest$1.1kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Max Dupain auction results →