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Blackie c.1943

Artwork Blackie this artwork made of Bronze, created in 1938-01-01
Accession No.
1:1694
Date Created
c.1943
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
12 x 11.5 x 15.5 cm
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
metal
Medium
Bronze
Credit Line
Purchased 1979

Daphne Mayo had great compassion for Aboriginal people, as shown by her sensitive portrayals in her bronze doors for the Public Library of New South Wales (1940–42). This head was modelled from an Arrernte child from Central Australia; according to family legend, Mayo encountered the child in a hospital. The head was the most popular of all her sculptures, judging by the many casts surviving in public and private collections. 
 

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© Surf Lifesaving Foundation and The United Church in Australia Property Trust (Q.)

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Bronze statues installed on plinths in a gallery space with sage green walls

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Daphne Mayo’s Susannah (detail) 1946, cast 1995 photographed for ‘Let There Be Sculpture’, QAG, January 2012 / © Surf Lifesaving Foundation and The United Church in Australia Property Trust (Q.) / Photograph: R Fulton, QAGOMA

‘Daphne Mayo: Let There Be Sculpture’

Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

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