CHARLES BLACKMAN
BORN 1928
Tapecarias de Portalegre (manufacturer)

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DR JAN ALTMANN, MELBOURNE

CHARLES BLACKMAN

BORN 1928
Tapecarias de Portalegre (manufacturer)
The Garden of the White Cat (1971)

wool and cotton
woven signature 'BLACKMAN' lower right
edition 6/6
238 x 400 cm

• Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
• $61,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The artist, Sydney
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne
The Estate of the Late Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne

Exhibited

Tapestries and Paintings by Charles Blackman, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, November 1971, (tapestry), no. 1 (another weaving)
Tapestries and Paintings by Charles Blackman, Clune Galleries, Sydney, March 1972, (tapestry), no. 1 (another weaving)
120 Years of Australian Painting, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 6-30 September 2000, no. 27, illustrated

Literature

Sandra McGrath, 'A Botanist's Delight in Tapestry', The Australian, Sydney, 25 March 1972, p. 15
Nadine Amadio, Charles Blackman: The Lost Domains, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1980, cover (illustrated, dust jacket), pp. 82, 'White Cat's Garden at Afternoon', 86, 'White Cat's Garden (Tapestry)', 96 (illustrated), 143, plate 6.17 (another weaving)
Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, plate 127, pp. 42-44, 172 (illustrated), 259 (another weaving)
Felicity St John Moore, Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 24, 105