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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2012 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  36
• Lot Description:
  Charles Blackman
  born 1928
  There Was 1953
  enamel paint on composition board
  76.5 x 102 cm
  signed and dated 'BLACKMAN 53' lower right
• Provenance:
  Mr A. Bruce Wenzel, Melbourne By descent Private Collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Paintings and Drawings: Charles Blackman, Mirka's Studio, Melbourne, 1 September 1953 Collector's Collections, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, 9-17 August 1969, no. 134, 'Girl in Pink Hat' Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 May - 22 August 1993, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 September - 21 November 1993, City Hall Art Gallery, Brisbane, 7 December
• References:
  Felicity St John Moore, Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 43 (illustrated) Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 9 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$700,000 - 900,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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