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6CHARLESBLACKMANb.1928TheGardenoftheWhiteCat1970woolandcottontapestryedition66238x400cmwovensignaturelowerrightmonogramlowerrightMTPfinoManufacturadeTapecariasdePortalegrelabelattachedverso1565-66ProvenanceCollectionoftheartistSydneySavillGalleriesSydneyDrJanAltmannMelbourneTheEstateoftheLateDrJanAltmannMelbourne.ExhibitedTapestriesandPaintingsbyCharlesBlackmanSouthYarraGalleryMelbourneNovember1971tapestryno.1anotherweavingTapestriesandPaintingsbyCharlesBlackmanCluneGalleriesSydneyMarch1972tapestryno.1anotherweaving120YearsofAustralianPaintingSavillGalleriesSydney6-30September2000no.27illustrated.LiteratureSandraMcGrathABotanistsDelightinTapestryTheAustralianSydney25March1972p.15NadineAmadioCharlesBlackmanTheLostDomainsA.H.A.W.ReedSydney1980dustjacketcolourillustrationp.86plate6.18anotherweavingThomasShapcottTheArtofCharlesBlackmanAndreDeutschLondon1989colourplate127anotherweavingFelicityStJohnMooreCharlesBlackmanSchoolgirlsandAngelsNationalGalleryofVictoriaMelbourne1993pp.24105.SeealsoThehugediptychoiltitledWhiteCatsGardenatNightoiloncanvas175x275cmwassoldbySavillGalleriesin2012forcloseto400000seeillustrationinNadineAmadioCharlesBlackmanTheLostDomainsA.H.A.W.ReedSydney1980p.85plate6.5.BlackmanreflectedDuringthelatesummerof1965IwasonamotortourofnorthernFranceandFlandersandhappenedtoseeattheHoteldeVilleinBeauvaisanexhibitionofFlemishtapestries.IdecidedtospendayearinEuropein1970toseemoretapestriesandtodesigncartoonsmyselfandsupervisetheirweavingFourtapestriesaneditionofsixforeachdesignwerewovenfromBlackmansdesignsbytheworkshopofTapecariasdePortugalfrompureAustralianmerinowool.RefNadineAmadioTheLostDomainsReedSydney1980p.82-86illustratedp.96cat.6.18.