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Lot 56

NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969)
Study For An Oil Portrait (Nude) c.1940
pencil on paper
unsigned
certificate of authenticity from The Bloomfield Galleries attached verso, signed by Lin Bloomfield
71 x 52cm

Estimate $4,000 - $6,000

Unsold

Several pin-sized holes in the paper visible upper edge, and in the upper half of the work. Small tears in the paper from the outer edges - one upper edge, one right hand edge, two bottom edge, and one left hand edge. Some discolouration and surface spots visible on the paper.
Overall framed size 124 x 101cm.
(LEONARD JOEL DELIVERY SIZE: LARGE)


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The Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
Private collection
Lawsons, Sydney, 21 July 1992, lot 77 (as 'Reclining Nude')
Private collection, Sydney
Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 3 September 2017, lot 8
Private collection, Melbourne


Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay: Impulse to Draw, Bay Books, Sydney, 1984, p. 105 (illus.)

Fine Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8396
6:00pm - 16 March 2021
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 March, 10am-4pm
Viewing in Melbourne:
Friday 12 - Sunday 14 March, 10am-4pm

CONTACT
Olivia Fuller
olivia.fuller@leonardjoel.com.au


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