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An image of The nightmare (after Fuseli) by Charles Blackman

Charles Blackman

(Australia 12 Aug 1928– )

Title
The nightmare (after Fuseli)
Other titles:
Fuseli nightmare
Year
(1977)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil, synthetic polymer paint, charcoal on canvas
Dimensions

171.4 x 211.4cm stretcher; 180.8 x 221.4 x 4.8cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, red oil "BLACKMAN". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1978
Accession number
208.1978
Copyright
© Charles Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy Ltd, Sydney
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 184 (colour illus.), 300.

Felicity St John Moore (Australia) (Author), Charles Blackman: schoolgirls and angels: a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings by Charles Blackman, Melbourne, 1993, 117 (colour illus.).

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 9 (illus.). cat.no. 4

Nadine Amadio (Author), Charles Blackman: the lost domains, Sydney, 1980, 118 (colour illus.), 120, 144. plate no. 9.1, titled 'Fuseli nightmare'

Exhibition history (5)

Three years on: Acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Oct 1981–01 Dec 1981.

CHARLES BLACKMAN - Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 18 May 1993–22 Aug 1993.

CHARLES BLACKMAN - Schoolgirls and Angels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Sep 1993–14 Nov 1993.

CHARLES BLACKMAN - Schoolgirls and Angels, Brisbane City Gallery, 07 Dec 1993–27 Jan 1994.

CHARLES BLACKMAN - Schoolgirls and Angels, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 16 Feb 1994–04 Apr 1994.