Auguste Blackman 'Seasonal Beauty' george bell circle

Auguste Blackman 'Seasonal Beauty' george bell circleAuguste Blackman grew up the son of two icons: Charles and Barbara Blackman. The former was a prominent figure in Australian Modernism; a man whose Schoolgirls and Alices are embedded in our visual lexicon. The latter, Barbara Blackman, is a poet, writer, advocate and muse. By the age of twenty two she was blind, a diagnosis that at first felt like a life sentence for a crime I had not committed but in turn gave her a unique outlook on life. Like

this work is a special find

rest easy with 'Dreaming Alice'

Signed: Signed 'David Larwill'

who was angry because she was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Like the house’s lungs

This excellently provenanced work exemplifies Blackman's mastery of graphic practices

in a certain kind of gentility

Rather than being nihilistic however

'The Bridge' 1990

titled and numbered in pencil in margin below image: 50/90 THE MUSEE PICASSO CASSAB 94

A rare find

An empathetic artist and intellectual