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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

CHARLES BLACKMAN
1928-2018

Red Lady (The Sleeping Girl) (1961)

$350,000–550,000

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© Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2023

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

CHARLES BLACKMAN

1928-2018
Red Lady (The Sleeping Girl) (1961)

oil on composition board
signed 'BLACKMAN' upper left
118 x 121 cm

  • Lot Sold $410,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $503,182 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Charles Blackman, London
The Matthiesen Gallery, London
John Gild Galleries, Perth (label verso)
Allen D. Christensen, California and Perth
Private Collection, Perth, acquired from the above
Historical and Contemporary Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Graphics, Gregson Flanagan, Perth, 26 June 2001, lot 42, illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection, United States of America, acquired from the above in 2003

Exhibited

Australian Paintings: Traditional, Modern & Contemporary, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 18 February - 16 March 2003, no. 27, illustrated

Literature

Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, plate 90, pp. 151, 255

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