CHARLES BLACKMAN
born 1928
The Suitor (1960) Estimate $180,000 – $220,000
CHARLES BLACKMAN
born 1928
The Suitor (1960)
oil on composition board
signed 'BLACKMAN' upper left
122.5 x 91.5 cm
- Lot Sold $360,000 (Hammer Price)
- $439,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
Justice John Elliot, Brisbane, acquired from the above in 1960
Private Collection, by descent from the above
7th Sydney National Art Auction, Goodman's Auctioneers, Sydney, 30 July 2001, lot 107, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney
Mr Russell Crowe, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2004
Exhibited
Charles Blackman: The Early Years 1951-1974, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 18 February – 28 March 2004, no. 11, illustrated (label verso)
Literature
Ray Mathew, Charles Blackman, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1965, p. 16
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