Gateways logo

ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 45 | June 2000


OLIVE COTTON

'Only to taste the warmth ...'

Only to taste the warmth, the light, the wind 1939
gelatin silver photograph
Collection of the McInerney family, courtesy Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

Revered Australian photographer

The National Library of Australia is proud to present a long awaited photographic exhibition featuring the works of revered Australian photographer, Olive Cotton. The retrospective exhibition showcases images from her impressive career including her best known works, Tea Cup Ballet and Glasses. Seventy of Olive Cotton’s finest vintage prints are included in the exhibition which spans eight decades—from the 1920s until the early 1990s—when, aged in her eighties, Olive ceased to make prints from her negatives.

This major exhibition, organised and managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, will enable previously unknown work to be viewed by a new and expanded audience. Prints shown in the exhibition are on loan from private and public collections including the National Library of Australia’s own collection, the National Gallery of Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The exhibition is at the National Library from 12 July to 8 October daily between 9 am and 5 pm. Admission is free and guided tours are available, telephone (02) 6262 1111.

| Contents list for this issue of Gateways |

Please address any comments and enquiries to The Editor, Gateways: gateways@nla.gov.au

Gateways logo