Lot 78
Philosophy 1925
(also known as The Philosopher)
wood-engraving, ed. 46/100
signed lower left: Lionel Lindsay
editioned lower right
signed and dated in plate lower right
17 x 15.5cm (image); 48 x 37.5cm (frame)
Estimate $700 - $900
Private collection, South Australia
Thence by descent
Lionel Lindsay's Exhibition, Preece Gallery's Gallery of Australian Art, Adelaide, 1 December 1925, cat. no. 77 (another example)
Lionel Lindsay's Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints, Aquatints, and Woodcuts Prior to his Departure for Europe, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1 November 1925, cat. no. 40 (another example)
Etchings and Drypoints of Spain and Australia by Lionel Lindsay (of Sydney, N.S.W), P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1 April - 1 May 1927, cat. no. 64 (another example)
Old Sydney Etchings and Other Works by Lionel Lindsay and Sydney Ure Smith, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 - 23 December 1936, cat. no. 115 (another example)
150 Years of Australian Art, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 January - 25 April 1938, cat. no. 115 (another example)
Lionel Lindsay, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, 1 November 1938, cat. no. 72 (another example)
Exhibition of Watercolours etc. by Lionel Lindsay, Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May 1938, cat. no. 97 (another example)
Etchings, Drypoints and Wood Engravings by Sir Lionel Lindsay, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1941, cat. no. 59 (another example)
Macdonald, J. S., The Woodcuts of Lionel Lindsay, Print Collector's Quarterly, London, April 1934, vol. 21, p. 171 (illus., another example)
Littlewood, R., Lionel Lindsay: The Printmakers' Printmaker, Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 34, cat. no. 60 (illus., another example)
Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; The National Trust, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Prints and Multiples
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