CHARLES BLACKMAN
born 1928
The Pink 1953
Estimate $250,000 – $350,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, ADELAIDE
CHARLES BLACKMAN
born 1928
The Pink 1953
enamel paint on composition board
signed, dated and inscribed '"THE PINK" 1953 / 20 gns / CB' verso
74.6 x 100 cm
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
Provenance
Mr Charles Blackman, Melbourne
New Gallery, Adelaide
Private Collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above in November 1953
Exhibited
Paintings and Drawings: Charles Blackman, New Gallery, Adelaide, 17 November 1953, no. 14, 20 gns
Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 4 March – 18 June 2017, no. 47, illustrated
Literature
Elizabeth Young, 'City Display By Young Vic. Artist', The Advertiser, Adelaide, 18 November 1953, p. 14
Ray Mathew, Charles Blackman, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1965, p. 13, 'Prone Figure with a Pink'
Thomas Shapcott, Focus on Charles Blackman, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1967, p. 26
Kendrah Morgan, Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2017, pp. 27, 56 (illustrated), 72 (illustrated)
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