Razzle Dazzle by Moonlight 1953

CHARLES BLACKMAN born 1928

Razzle Dazzle by Moonlight 1953

oil on composition board
63.5 x 76.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower left: THE RAZZLE DAZZLE/ BLACKMAN 1953
signed lower right: BLACKMAN

Provenance:
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne (label attached verso)
John Buckley Fine Art Consultant, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Charles Blackman: The Schoolgirl Years 1951-1953 , Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 10 June - 2 July 1988
Charles Blackman: A Solitary Existence, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria, 1993
Nocturne: Images of Night and Darkness from Colonial to Contemporary, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 23 April - 16 June 2002; Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 5 July - 1 September 2002 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:
Shapcott, T., :The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, p.248, (illus., pl.21)
Buckley, J., Nocturne: Images of Night and Darkness from Colonial to Contemporary, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2002, pp.17 & 26 (illus. p.16)

Estimate: $70000 - 90000