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Title
Girl dreaming
1953
Details
Other Title
School girl
Date
1953
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions
80.6 x 110.1 cm board; 96.4 x 126.0 x 3.8 cm frame :
0 - Whole, 79.2 x 109.4 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION.
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "BLACKMAN 1953".
Credit
Purchased 1978
Accession number
61.1978

Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart (2002), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 12 Jan 2002–24 Feb 2002
Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 04 Mar 2017–18 Jun 2017
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
Christopher Heathcote, Encounters with Australian modern art, 'Reconstruction culture 1945-1962', pg. 9-56, South Yarra, 2008, 16, 17. General reference
Laura Pia, Look, 'Blackman at the gallery: Are the drawings his greatest achievement?', pg. 23-27, Sydney, May 2008, 25, 25 (colour illus.),.
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart selections, Sydney, 2002. NOTE: No catalogue numbers; Margaret Olley selection.