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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 22, 2022 | Deutscher and Hackett | Melbourne | National Australia Bank Collection | 23 | $****** - ****** | THREE FACES |
paintings
100.5 x 90 cm (39.57 x 35.43 in)
oil on canvas on composition board
signed and dated lower left: BLACKMAN 1964
Private collection
Christie"s, Melbourne, 13 March 1975, lot 476 (as ‘Red Faces")
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in 1975 (label attached verso)
The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 October - 28 November 1982
The Seventies Exhibition: Selected Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection, MacLaurin Hall, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 6 September - 1 October 1989, cat. 2
"The Seventies" Exhibition: Selected Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection "Modern Art of the Seventies", Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, 18 January - 11 February 1990, cat. 1
The Seventies: Contemporary Australian Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection, organised by Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales, New South Wales, cat. 3; and touring, Tamworth City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 24 May - 24 June 1990; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 11 July - 6 August 1990; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 17 August - 10 September 1990; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 October - 31 October 1990
Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 11, p. 24 (illus.)
Fenner, F., "The Good Life: Paintings lost in the 70s", Tamworth Daily Leader, New South Wales, 1 June 1990
CHARLES BLACKMAN
(1928 - 2018)
THREE FACES, 1964
oil on canvas on composition board
100.5 x 90.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: BLACKMAN 1964
