© Smith & Singer — view on Smith & Singer website ↗Sunbaker 1937 (printed 1970s)
Photograph · Paper
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Auction result
Dragonfly
Max Dupain (Australian, 1911–1992)
A$1,350 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,197≈ £730≈ €934
Hammer A$1,100 · with buyer’s premium A$1,350
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “silver gelatin photograph”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Max Dupain
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 50.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | September 2014 (14SEP)
- Date
- September 24, 2014
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 369
- Estimate
- A$1,200 – A$1,600 (≈ $1,064 – $1,419) (≈ £649 – £866) (≈ €830 – €1,107)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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