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Playground
Charles Blackman (Australian, 1928–2018) · 1964
A$29,280 price realized incl. premium
≈ $22,737≈ £15,987≈ €18,354
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas on composition board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: BLACKMAN 1964 NOV
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 70.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art (53-important-fine-art-indigenous-art)
- Date
- April 18, 2018
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 74
- Estimate
- A$25,000 – A$35,000 (≈ $19,413 – $27,179) (≈ £13,650 – £19,110) (≈ €15,671 – €21,939)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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