Primary Artist

Charles Blackman (1928–2018)

Title

Evening ride. [Schoolgirl on bicycle]

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

26.8 x 37.4 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

27.3 x 38.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state?

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

no edition known; proofs only?

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 a limited edition. The 1953 and 1984 publications are often conflated. The title assigned to this work, 'Evening ride', is 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

40746

Accession number

86.127

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

26 Jun 2026