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Ted Maloney

1955
Max Dupain OBE

gelatin silver photograph on paper (30.3 cm x 28.8 cm)
Ted Maloney

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

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2003.39
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Artist and subject

Max Dupain OBE (age 44 in 1955)

Ted Maloney

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Tim Fairfax AC (54 portraits supported)

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