Olive Cotton
Australian · 1911–2003 · Photographer
Olive Cotton was a pioneering Australian modernist photographer of the 1930s and 1940s working in Sydney. Cotton became a national "name" with a retrospective and touring… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Tea Cup Ballet (1935, printed 1998)Smith & Singer · A$24,545≈ $17,559≈ £13,037≈ €15,033Sign up to see
Shasta Daisies (1937, printed 1998)Smith & Singer · A$6,750≈ $4,829≈ £3,585≈ €4,134Sign up to see
Glasses c1937 (printed 1998)Menzies · A$6,750≈ $4,699≈ £3,088≈ €4,180Sign up to see
Olive Cotton’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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Smith & Singer · Apr 28, 2026
A$24,545Sign up free to see
Smith & Singer · Apr 28, 2026
A$6,750Sign up free to see
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2021
$2,500Sign up free to see
Menzies · Sep 24, 2015
A$6,750Sign up free to see
Leonard Joel · Dec 15, 2013
A$1,400Sign up free to see
Smith & Singer · Oct 30, 2019
Works in museum collections
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Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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State Library of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — State Library of New South Wales