Black is a Serious Colour
Brian BLANCHFLOWER: artist
Title
Black is a Serious Colour
Artist/Maker and role
Brian BLANCHFLOWER: artist
Date
1997-2000
Medium
(.1a) left: oils, ground jarrah charcoal, pumice powder, acrylic, on hessian (.1b) centre: oils, pumice powder, acrylic on hessian (.1c) right: oils, pumice powder, acrylic on cotton canvas on wooden box (.2.a,b,3,4,5,6,8,10) oils, pumice powder, acrylic on cotton/linen canvas (.7) oils, pumice powder, acrylic on cotton canvas (.9) oils on canvas on wood panel
Measurements
(suite of 10 paintings) (13 canvases)
.1(a)107 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.1(b) 66.5 x 48 x 3.5 cm
.1(c) 40.5 x 42.5 x 8 cm (overall size 107 x 265 x 8 cm incl. 50 cm spaces)
.2(a & b) 28 x 25.5 x 3.5 cm (overall size 28 x 55 x 3 cm incl. 4 cm space)
.3 28.4 x 26 x 3.5 cm
.4 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.5 cm
.5 31.5 x 31.2 x 3 cm
.6 51 x 51 x 2.5 cm-this work is out of square by 12 mm in a diagonal towards the top left corner.
.7 76.5 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.8 84 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.9 40.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm
.10 53.8 x 43.5 x 4 cm
.1(a)107 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.1(b) 66.5 x 48 x 3.5 cm
.1(c) 40.5 x 42.5 x 8 cm (overall size 107 x 265 x 8 cm incl. 50 cm spaces)
.2(a & b) 28 x 25.5 x 3.5 cm (overall size 28 x 55 x 3 cm incl. 4 cm space)
.3 28.4 x 26 x 3.5 cm
.4 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.5 cm
.5 31.5 x 31.2 x 3 cm
.6 51 x 51 x 2.5 cm-this work is out of square by 12 mm in a diagonal towards the top left corner.
.7 76.5 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.8 84 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
.9 40.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm
.10 53.8 x 43.5 x 4 cm
Credit line
Gift of Howard Knight under the Commonwealth Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2012
© Brian Blanchflower
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2012/0062.1-10