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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  34
• Lot Description:
  Charles Blackman
  (1928-2018)
  The White Tablecloth 1956
  tempera and oil on composition board
  119.3 x 135 cm
  signed and dated 'CHARLES BLACKMAN 1956' lower left
• Provenance:
  Charles Blackman, Melbourne; Barbara Blackman, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1957; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2002; Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 31 August 2010, lot 24, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: (Probably) Paintings from Alice in Wonderland, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 12-22 February 1957, catalogue unsighted; "Alice in Wonderland" by Charles Blackman, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 4-21 September 1966, no. 11; "Alice in Wonderland" by Charles Blackman, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 21-30 March 1967, no. 17; Charles Blackman, Albert Hall, Canberra, 22 November - 3 December 1967, no. 1; Charles Blackman: "Alice in Wonderland", David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 14-26 October 1968, no. 22; "Alice in Wonderland" Painted in 1956-57 by Charles Blackman, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 24 May - 10 July 1983, no. 19; Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 11 August - 15 October 2006, no. 35, illustrated. REFERENCES: Alan McCulloch, 'Ecology of Still-life: Charles Blackman's Wonderland Series', The Herald, Melbourne, 22 March 1967, p. 20 (illustrated) (detail); Elwyn Lynn, 'Tiny Alice', The Bulletin, Sydney, 1 April 1967, p. 37; Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Illustrated by Charles Blackman, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1982, p. 74 (illustrated); Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, p. 133 (illustrated); Geoffrey Smith and Felicity St John Moore, Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006, pp. 29 (illustrated), 37 (illustrated), 108, 109 (illustrated), 139, 140
• Estimate:
  A$1,200,000 - 1,600,000
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Art

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