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Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli

c. 1944
Max Dupain OBE

gelatin silver photograph on laid down on cardboard mount (support: 38.5 cm x 42.0 cm, image/sheet: 30.2 cm x 38.5 cm)
Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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2018.69
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Artist and subject

Max Dupain OBE (age 33 in 1944)

Sylvia Davis-Patricelli (age 25 in 1944)

Anthony Patricelli

Donated by

Danina Dupain Anderson (34 portraits)

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