Schoolgirl and Billboards 1954

Charles Blackman born 1928

Schoolgirl and Billboards 1954

oil and enamel on board
32.0 x 38.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: BLACKMAN 1954

Provenance:

Private collection, London Sotheby's, Sydney, 15 August 2000, lot 1 Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney Menzies, Melbourne, 31 October 2013, lot 33 Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Friends, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 13 November - 8 December 2001, cat.1, (illus. cover of exhibition catalogue)

Related Works:

Skipping Girl, 1954, oil and enamel on board, 91.5 x 122.0 cm; illus. in Shapcott, T., The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1989, pp. 45, 250 (illus. p.45) Hoardings, 1954, oil and enamel on board, 63.5 x 76.0 cm; illus. in Shapcott, T., Focus on Charles Blackman, University of Queensland Press, Queensland, 1967, (illus. p.41) The Cigarette Shop, 1954, oil and enamel on board, 91.0 x 121.0 cm; illus. in St. John Moore, F., Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, (illus. p.50)

Estimate: $80000 - 100000

Result Hammer: $80000