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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Nov 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  17
• Lot Description:
  Charles Blackman
  (1928-2018)
  Girl with Flowers (1958)
  oil on composition board
  150 x 132 cm
  signed and dated 'CHARLES / BLACKMAN' lower right
  EXHIBITED: Antipodeans, Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, 4-15 August 1959, uncatalogued; The Antipodeans: Another Chapter, Lauraine Diggins Fine Arts, Melbourne, 17 October - 4 November 1988; Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Australian Capital Territory, 12 November - 11 December 1988; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 22 December 1988 - 27 January 1989, no. 2, 'Blue Girl and Flowers', illustrated; Spring Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 October - 16 November 1990, no. 52, 'Blue Girl and Flowers', illustrated; 19th & 20th Century Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1 May - 7 June 1996, no. 94, 'Blue Girl and Flowers', illustrated $85,000
• Provenance:
  Charles Blackman, Melbourne; Barbara Blackman, Canberra, acquired from the above; Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• References:
  Traudi Allen, The Antipodeans: Another Chapter, Lauraine Diggins Fine Arts, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 14, 20 (illustrated), 'Blue Girl and Flowers'; Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, plate 73, pp. 139 (illustrated), 253, 'Blue Girl and Flowers'
• Estimate:
  A$700,000 - 900,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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