Anne Marie Hall 'Untitled (Fluid Portrait)' expressionism Stick Won't Beat Dog' is

Stick Won't Beat Dog' is an exquisite example of Charles Blackman’s mastery over the graphic practice

editioned lower left and embossed with publishers seal lower right

'Waiting for Beauty'

bears the artist’s seal and thumb print lower centre

'Reflection'

Anne Marie Hall 'Untitled (Fluid Portrait)' expressionism Stick Won't Beat Dog' isAnne Hall was part of the Heide circle, of which Charles Blackman, Sidney Nolan and Halls husband, John Perceval were also members. Like them, she pursued a Figurative Expressionist style, smudging objective and subjective truths. In a way unique to her however, Hall cuts to the nucleus of her subject, laying bare their soul. In Untitled (Fluid Portrait), Hall paints a woman. There is nothing particularly realistic about her; rather, she recalls an