Charles BLACKMAN
Harbord, New South Wales, Australia born 1928
- Movements: England 1961?66
- France 1970?71
Luna Park
c.1951-52 Painting, enamel on cardboard on composition board
Primary Insc: signed u.l., enamel "Blackman". not dated
69.5 h x 78.0 w cm
Purchased 1976
Accession No: NGA 76.269
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Charles BLACKMAN
Harbord, New South Wales, Australia born 1928
- Movements: England 1961?66
- France 1970?71
Luna Park
c.1951-52 Painting, enamel on cardboard on composition board
Primary Insc: signed u.l., enamel "Blackman". not dated
69.5 h x 78.0 w cm
Purchased 1976
Accession No: NGA 76.269
Exhibition History
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- 2000
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- Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001 NGA
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- 1998
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- Luna Park and the art of mass delirium
- Heide Museum of Modern Art
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The night-time grille of illuminated scaffolding titled Luna Park was painted in Melbourne between 1951 and 1952, during a period of postwar boom.
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
