Primary Artist

Charles Blackman (1928–2018)

Title

Model airplane. [Boy with model aeroplane].

Date made

1953

Place made

Melbourne Technical College, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

23.6 x 18.6 cm (printed image)

Support

wove lithographic paper

Support size

31.3 x 28.5 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state?

Impression

undesignated impression

Production notes

The lithographs that Charles Blackman produced at the Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University) in 1953 were not editioned and there is no contemporaneous record of their titles. In 1984 Blackman employed Larry Rawling to reproduce a number of these lithographs (9) as photo-screenprints. Virtually the same size as the originals, each was published titled, signed and numbered in an edition of 75. The 1953 and 1984 publications are often conflated. The title assigned to this work, 'The model airplane', that given by Blackman in 1984. [Roger Butler, 27 June 2026]

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

33037

Accession number

82.186

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1981/82 (1982-06-15)

Provenance

Gift of James Mollison to the NGA, June 1982.

Credit line

Gift of James Mollison 1982

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Blackman, Charles. | (1928–2018) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

26 Jun 2026