UNDERWATER MAN, 1954

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
15 July 2020
55

CHARLES BLACKMAN

(1928 – 2018)
UNDERWATER MAN, 1954

charcoal on paper

50.0 x 60.0 cm

signed and dated upper right: 1954. BLACKMAN
bears inscription verso: Beach Figure – “The Underwater Man” / Charles Blackman 1954

Estimate: 
$12,000 – 16,000
Provenance

Robert Rooney, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist
Estate of Robert Rooney, Melbourne

Exhibited

Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 May – 16 August 1993, and touring: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 September – 21 November 1993; City Art Gallery, Brisbane, 7 December 1993 – 27 January 1994; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 16 February – 4 April 1994, cat. 30 (label attached verso)

Literature

Moore, F. St. J., Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 49 (illus.)