Mossgreen, Australia’s leading art business, is delighted to announce further expansion with the opening of a grand new Sydney premises featuring two large-scale exhibition galleries and auction rooms in Woollahra. Housed in The Bond, an iconic 1880s heritage building and former Masonic Hall on exclusive Queen Street, the new Mossgreen premises will open with the auction of renowned Australian photographer Max Dupain (1911-1922): Estate Photographs on 19 June 2016 and a commercial exhibition of works by New Zealand 2017 Venice Biennale representative Lisa Reihana.

Situated over all three levels of the historic The Bond building in the heart of Sydney’s art district, Mossgreen’s Sydney business will focus on the auction of single owner collections and commercial gallery exhibitions. Originally built as a tobacco factory in the 1880s, the building has been long associated with art events and most recently housed Rex Irwin Gallery and Anne Schofield Jewellery who will remain in the building.

Mossgreen will celebrate the opening of the new Sydney premises with the inaugural Sydney auction featuring the collection from one of Australia’s most significant photographers Max Dupain offered directly from the archive of the artist. Dupain is renowned for having created some of the most iconic Australian imagery of the 20th century, photographs which reflect a nation and its culture, and which resonate with the collective Australian consciousness like few others. The auction on 19 June 2016 will offer 500 original photographs by Dupain with estimates ranging from $700 to $30,000, including the most complete selection of images from his acclaimed Beach Series featuring his famous Sunbaker, 1937 (estimate: $20,000-30,000) and Bondi, 1939 (estimate: $5,000-8,000).