CHARLES BLACKMAN, (1928 - 2018)

Pencil On Paper

Title: Too Big Too Small - Two Original Drawings, 1985

Image Size: 18 x 12 cm

Frame Size: 62 x 32 x 4 cm

Signature Details: Recto

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity

Condition: Very Good - Refer to Images In This Two Panel Work - ‘Too Big Too Small’ - Charles Blackman Profiles A Woman Front To Back. Peppered With Humour, Frankness And Artistic Intuition, This Work Is A Bare-Faced Homage To The Female Body. Across His Career, Blackman Repeatedly Returned To Themes Of Femininity. He Once Wrote Of This; “My Mother Gave Birth To Me And I Soon Discovered I Was Really A Cork. I Loved Women So I Bobbed About On The Sea Of Femininity. But… I Didn’T Drown. I Float On This Ocean. I Paint Women. The Images Of Women. The Essence Of Women. Life Without Art Is Impossible. Life Without Women Is Impossible.” A Bonafide Icon, No History Of Australian Modernism Is Replete Without Blackman. Beloved For His Emotion-Driven Vision, His Work Brims With Life, Humility And Talent. For Collectors Of Iconic Art, Works On Paper And The Female Form, Let ‘Too Big Too Small’ Amplify Your Life. '


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