Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
38.2 × 28.1 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1992
© The estate of Olive Cotton
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
‘The camera can do more than merely record an unchanging picture of a subject … The lighting, the relation of the various objects to the shape of picture and many other factors can be changed by the individual, and this is where discernment and personality come into the picture as it were.’
– Olive Cotton
Edition
ed. 8/25
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Shasta Daisies 1937/1992
inscribed in pencil l.c.: 8/25
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Olive Cotton
Accession Number
PH198-1992
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
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