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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.
Sold for $20,000
Lot 70
(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
Sunday Art Sale May
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5519
2:00pm - 8 May 2011
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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