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)

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]

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

33037

Creators

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

Last Updated

27 Jun 2026