© Smith & Singer — view on Smith & Singer website ↗Girl Playing 1961, 1961
Drawing (charcoal) · Board
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Auction result
Victoria Reading with Flowers
Charles Blackman (Australian, 1928–2018)
A$90,818 price realized incl. premium
≈ $62,700≈ £53,199≈ €63,116
Hammer A$74,000 · with buyer’s premium A$90,818
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “charcoal and pastel on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'BLACKMAN' upper left
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 120.5 x 181.6 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0857)
- Date
- August 24, 2022
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 6
- Estimate
- A$25,000 – A$35,000 (≈ $17,260 – $24,164) (≈ £14,644 – £20,502) (≈ €17,374 – €24,324)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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