Lot 63

Savill Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland (label verso)
Corporate collection, Queensland
Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 18 March 2008, lot 114
Private collection, Melbourne

Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 18 May - 22 August 1993
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 September - 14 November 1993
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, Brisbane, 7 December 1993 - 27 January 1994
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 16 February - 4 April 1994 (label verso)

Moore, F. St J., Charles Blackman Schoolgirls and Angels, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 116 (illus.)

© Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2024

The actress Kate Fitzpatrick sat for this larger-than-life-size portrait after Blackman told her on their first meeting that she reminded him of the woman in Henry Fuseli's 'The Nightmare'. It is one of several poses Blackman drew, including one lying back on a sofa that became the model for the 'Nightmare' series.