Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Balancing Children' cool tones Image Size: 42 x 27

Image Size: 42 x 27 cm

as it has shallow scratches and marks over the wood frame

'Amapondo 13' 2014

Dimensions: 44 x 80 cm

Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Balancing Children' cool tones Image Size: 42 x 27Balancing 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