So many children (circa 1975)

A$880 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Etching and aquatint, 39.5 x 50.5 cm (plate line); 59.5 x 69.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 9/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a fine example, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe . There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn t know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread; Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 2024) The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933 2025), art historian, curator and authority on the celebrated Australian artist Charles Blackman (1928-2018) by descent.

• Binding: Hardcover

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