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An image of Sky Submerged by Olive Cotton

Olive Cotton

(Australia 11 Jul 1911–27 Sep 2003)

Title
Sky Submerged
Year
circa 1937
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
gelatin silver photograph (on toned paper)
Dimensions

25.9 x 25.0cm image; 28.8 x 26.5cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated c. verso, ink "Olive Cotton c.1937". Signed l.r. sheet and l.l. verso, ink "Olive Cotton". Dated c. sheet, pencil "c.1937".
Credit
Gift of Edron Pty Ltd - 1995 through the auspices of Alistair McAlpine
Accession number
323.1996
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

'Soft and sharp: how Australian photography moved between two styles' by Natasha Bullock, pg.21-22, Look Oct 2002, Oct 2002, 21 (colour illus.), 22.

Helen Ennis (Australia) (Author), Olive Cotton, Domain, 2000, 18 (illus.). cat.no. 23

Natasha Bullock (Australia) (Curator), Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Domain, 2002. no pagination or catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (3)

Olive Cotton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 May 2000–02 Jul 2000.

Olive Cotton, National Library of Australia, 14 Jul 2000–08 Oct 2000.

Soft Shadows and Sharp Lines: Australian photography from Cazneaux to Dupain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Sep 2002–17 Nov 2002.