Charles Blackman 'The Muse II' george bell circle

Charles Blackman 'The Muse II' george bell circleThe Muse drawings were sketched during the Blackman familys time spent living in Paris a time of great creative development for Charles, whose international career was well under way. According to his eldest son Auguste, Charles met these model muses during his residency at the Cite des Artes, where Charles was awarded a studio in 1970 to 1971, and one of the main reasons the Blackman family packed up and went to live in Paris for a year. From the

National Portrait Gallery

Russian Constructivism

'Kapi Piti'

his series was titled after the American poet and author Ezra Pounds The Cantos - a series of deeply intellectual musings on life and Government during the post-war period

The artist has repaired the paper

Minimal yet assured

alluding to

As a founding member of Roar Studios in Melbourne

Despite their vibrancy

Paper Size: 57 x 38 cm

titled and numbered in pencil in margin below image: 64/75 TRANCE CASSAB 2000

Some light foxing in the bottom right and upper right corner of the paper margin