The Chess Garden 1984 - 1985

CHARLES BLACKMAN born 1928

The Chess Garden 1984 - 1985

oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas (diptych)
183.0 x 244.0 cm (overall)
signed upper right: BLACKMAN

Provenance:
The Christensen Fund (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 May - 22 August 1993, touring to Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 September - 14 November 1993; Queensland Art Gallery, 7 December 1993 - 27 January 1994; Art Gallery of Western Australia, 16 February - 4 April 1994, cat. 115 (label attached verso)

Reference:
St John Moore, F., Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p.127 (illus)
Alvarez, A., Rainforest, Charles Blackman, MacMillan, Australia, 1988, pp.54

Estimate: $120000 - 180000