Charles Blackman born 1928 THE WHITE TABLECLOTH 1956

• Lot Sold $540,000 (Hammer Price)
• $648,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

tempera and oil on composition board
signed and dated 'BLACKMAN 1956' lower left
119.3 X 135CM

PROVENANCE
Gift of the artist to Barbara Blackman in 1957
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
Paintings from Alice in Wonderland, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 12-22 February 1957, (catalogue unsighted)
'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Blackman, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 4-21 September 1966, no. 11
'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Blackman, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 21-30 March 1967, no. 17 Charles Blackman, Albert Hall, Canberra, 22 November - 3 December 1967, no. 1
Charles Blackman: 'Alice in Wonderland', David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 14-26 October 1968, no. 22
'Alice in Wonderland' Painted in 1956-57 by Charles Blackman, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 24 May - 10 July 1983, no. 19
Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 11 August - 15 October 2006, no. 35, illustrated

LITERATURE
Alan McCulloch, 'Ecology of Still-life: Charles Blackman's Wonderland Series', The Herald, Melbourne, 22 March 1967, p. 20 (illustrated)
Elwyn Lynn, 'Tiny Alice', TheBulletin, Sydney, 1 April 1967, p. 37 Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Illustrated by Charles Blackman, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1982, p. 74 (illustrated)
Nadine Amadio, Charles Blackman: The Lost Domains, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney, 1980, p. 31 (illustrated)
Thomas Shapcott, The Art of Charles Blackman, Andre Deutsch, London, 1989, p. 133 (illustrated)
Geoffrey Smith and Felicity St John Moore, Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006, pp. 17, 29 (illustrated), 37 (illustrated), 108, 109 (illustrated), 138, 139