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Lot 70

Norman Lindsay
(1879-1969)
Portrait of Rita circa 1940
oil on canvas
signed 'NORMAN LINDSAY' upper right
62 x 50cm

PROVENANCE
The artist.
The collection of Douglas Stewart & Margaret Coen.
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney.
Menzies, Sydney, 25/03/2010, Lot No. 35
Private collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
On loan, Norman Lindsay Gallery, New South Wales, 1994-2010

LITERATURE
Stewart, D., Norman Lindsay: A Personal Memoir, Thomas Nelson, 1957, p.81
Stewart, D., Douglas Stewart Selected Poems, A&R Modern Poets, HarperCollins, Sydney, 1992 (p.152 'The Picture')
Keesing, N., The Woman I Am: Poem by Nancy Keesing, selected and introduced by Meg Stewart, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p.4

OTHER NOTES
This lot is accompanied by the original comb as depicted int he painting.

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Sold for $20,000
Sunday Art Sale May

AUCTION
Sale: LJ5519
2:00pm - 8 May 2011
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

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CONTACT
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info@leoanrdjoel.com.au


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