Man Floating 1953

CHARLES BLACKMAN born 1928

Man Floating 1953

oil on board
43.0 x 57.0 cm
signed with initial and dated lower left: B.53.JAN

Provenance:
Probably Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 1953
Private collection, New South Wales
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 3
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Probably Charles Blackman, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 1953

Reference:
McCulloch, A., Herald, 10 February 1953 (exhibition review)

Related Works:
Man Floating 1952, enamel on hardboard, 62.5 x 75.0 cm, illus in; St. John Moore, F. Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, 1993, p.36

Estimate: $50000 - 60000