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Charles Blackman Limited Edition Lithograph in ENGADINE, New South Wales for sale

Charles Blackman Limited Edition Lithograph
Charles Blackman Limited Edition Lithograph
Charles Blackman Limited Edition Lithograph
Charles Blackman Limited Edition Lithograph

This is a beautiful Lithograph by the famous Australian Artist, Charles Blackman. This is an artwork that was done in about the 1970's. This image is from his famous authors,poets and musician series done in the early seventies and this litho is of a girl Colette.... the famous French author Colette who died in 1954. This is a stunning piece of work and a rare one to find. It is signed, numbered and titled in pencil by the Artist. It is framed in a metal silver frame, glass fronted, with a brown backing board at rear. It is ready to hang. This would be a great addition to a collectors art collection or a great way to start a collection by an Australian Iconic Artist.
Charles Blackman Biography
Charles Blackman is one of only handful Australian artists whose work attracted international recognition. Blackman work attracted international recognition since 1961 after he won the Helena Rubenstein Art Award in London. Blackman was living in London from 1961-66. Even though Blackman has shown the sustaining power to originate a wide supply of superb images over a period of five decades but many of his early paintings were destroyed during the Melbourne fire except for some which live to tell the tale.
Charles Blackman, a major painter in Australian art of the post-war years, is one of the most important and best loved Australian artists of the 20 century. Blackman is one of two living most important Australian artist whose paintings have sold over one million dollars.
Charles Blackman (born 12 August 1928) is one of the best known Australian artists still living today, especially for the famous Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Clifton Pugh.
Blackman now suffers from Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disorder affecting memory.