Charles Blackman
born 1928

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Charles Blackman

born 1928
THE WHITE CAT'S GARDEN - AFTERNOON 1969

oil on canvas (diptych)
signed and dated 'BLACKMAN 1969' lower left
173 X 275CM

• Lot Sold $180,000 (Hammer Price)
• $219,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne
Australian & International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 2 September 2003, lot 49, illustrated
Private Collection, Brisbane
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Charles Blackman, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 8-30 June 1969, no. 68
Charles Blackman: Schoolgirl and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 May - 22 August 1993, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 September - 14 November 1993, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 7 December 1993 - 27 January 1994, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 16 February - 4 April 1994, illustrated

Literature

James Gleeson, 'Master of the Figurative', The Sun, Sydney, 9 July 1969, p. 47.
Sandra Hall, 'Blackman - Ten Years After the Antipodean Affair', The Bulletin, Sydney, 5 July 1969, p. 32
Tony Morphett, 'Charles Blackman Offers the Flowers of Solitude', Sydney Morning Herald (Weekend Magazine), Sydney, 5 July 1969, p. 17
Nadine Amadio, Charles Blackman: The Lost Domains, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1980, pp. 81, 82, 94-95, (illustrated, plate 6.17)
Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, pp. 42, 169 (illustrated, plate 126), 258-259
Felicity St John Moore, Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 104-105 (illustrated)