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Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli, c.1944

Max Dupain

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

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Danina Anderson, daughter of Max Dupain 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Accession number: 2018.69

Currently not on display

Artist and subject

Max Dupain (age 33 in 1944)

Sylvia Davis-Patricelli (age 25 in 1944)

Anthony Patricelli

Donated by

Danina Anderson (34 portraits)

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The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), c. 1935 (printed 1999) Olive Cotton

Max Dupain, Artamon, Sydney, 1979 (printed 2000) David Moore

David Moore, Max Dupain and John Gollings, 1980 Kate Gollings

The Reverend Ralph Sutton, 1935 Max Dupain

1. The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), c. 1935 (printed 1999) Olive Cotton. 2. Max Dupain, Artamon, Sydney, 1979 (printed 2000) David Moore. 3. David Moore, Max Dupain and John Gollings, 1980 Kate Gollings. 4. The Reverend Ralph Sutton, 1935 Max Dupain.

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