Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Balancing Children' cool tones An elegant and exuberant find

An elegant and exuberant find for fans of Blackman and modernist art

For collectors of European prints and landscapes

Image Size: 42 x 27 cm

’ a wonderful find for collectors of prints and seaside scenes

'Slip Slip Knit' 1974

Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Balancing Children' cool tones An elegant and exuberant findBalancing artfully on the top of giants, Philippe Le Mieres composition merges two iconic depictions of children from Australian art history. The first is Charles Blackmans Children Playing (1953), an entry into his revered Schoolgirls series. Dreaming, elusive and fearful, Blackmans schoolgirls were caught haunting deserted playgrounds, alleyways and streets, shrouded beneath large hats. They were symbols of an innocence made precarious in the wake