Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Girl Playing 1961, 1961
Drawing (charcoal) · Board
Smith & Singer · Aug 25, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Moon Madness, Celestial Mirror
Charles Blackman (Australian, 1928–2018)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$35,000 – A$45,000 (≈ $30,605 – $39,349) (≈ £18,619 – £23,939) (≈ €20,703 – €26,618)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: BLACKMAN
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 183.0 x 121.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | September 2009 (09SEP)
- Date
- September 23, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- A$35,000 – A$45,000 (≈ $30,605 – $39,349) (≈ £18,619 – £23,939) (≈ €20,703 – €26,618)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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