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CHARLESBLACKMANb.1928TheReadingRoom1979charcoalandacryliconcanvas150x182cmsignedlowerrightProvenanceRudyKomonArtGalleryPaddingtonSydneystockno.5190labelverso.LiteratureNadineAmadioCharlesBlackmanTheLostDomainsAHAWReedPtyLtdSydney1980colourillustrationplate3.22ThomasShapcottTheArtofCharlesBlackmanAndreDeutschLondon1989colourillustrationplate158.ExhibitedASalutetoCharlesBlackmanSavillGalleriesSydney12August-5September1998cat.no.8illustrated.4ForCharlesBlackmangirlsandflowersareaneloquentformforhispersonalpoetry...Manyofthegirlsandflowerimageswerereflectionsofhiswife.BarbaraBlackmansincreasingsightlosswasatragedyinboththeirlivesandyetbothbeingcreativepeopleitrefinedtheirsensibilitiesinotherdirections.Thiswasajourneythattheysharedovermanyyearsandonethatextendedintocertainareasofhispainting...TheReadingRoomisadirectlikenessofher.Intheshadeisthereaderhergazeonabookofbrightwords.Inthelitfiguretheartisthascapturedthatconcentratedreceptivestateofboththeblindandthelistener.Thislucentstateofopen-mindedreceptivityisheightenedbyhersunlitfaceandtheshimmeringhazearoundtheflowersthatarealmostpartofherbody.RefNadineAmadioCharlesBlackmanTheLostDomainsAHAWReedPtyLtdSydney1980colourillustrationplate3.22p.44.