Sale 2544 Lot 60
MAX DUPAIN (1911-1922)
Sleeping Boy.
Silver print, the image measuring 304.8x939.7 mm.;12x15½ inches, the sheet slightly larger, with Dupain's signature, title, and date, in ink, on recto, and his credit, title, and date, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1941.

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Max Dupain was an influential Australian photographer known for his beach images, which captured the essence and lifestyle of Australia. A pioneer of modernist photography in Australia, Dupain’s early images of beach-goers garnered attention from the gay community for their depictions of the male body.