Sir Lionel Lindsay: Master Printmaker
Collectors' List 113 2005 • Birds & Animals

11 The Swan
1924. Wood engraving, signed in block lower right, signed, titled and numbered 79 in margin below, 10 x 7.2cm.
Mendelssohn, p95, listed as "The Swan (The White Swan)." Uncommon image.

$990
12 (The Dancer)
1924. Wood engraving, signed in block lower left, 15.5 x 11.4cm.
Mendelssohn, p96, listed as "The Dancer" [Brolga]. This impression is from the special edition of 100 for "Twenty One Woodcuts."

$440
13 (The Brown Hawk)
1924. Wood engraving, signed in block lower left, numbered "No 19" and signed in margin below, 15.3 x 7.3cm.
Mendelssohn, p93, listed as "The Brown Hawk."
$990
14 (The Macaw)
1924. Wood engraving, signed in block upper right, 14.4 x 9.8cm.
Mendelssohn, p94, listed as "The Macaw."
$550
15 (Toucan)
1925. Wood engraving, signed in block lower left, signed and annotated "proof" in margin below, inscribed "Best wishes from Pete and Lionel 1959" on original mount below, 6.7 x 4.4cm.
Mendelssohn, p97, listed as "Toucan." There is no known edition for this image, which was used for Lindsay's exhibition card in 1925. Provenance: Collection of Peter H. Lindsay, son of Percy.

$660
16 (Pheasant and Magnolia)
1925. Wood engraving, signed in block lower right, signed and numbered 100 in margin below, 19.2 x 14.5cm.
Mendelssohn, p46, listed as "Pheasant and Magnolia."

$990
17 Spangles
1925. Wood engraving, signed in block lower left, signed, titled and numbered 58 in margin below, 13.1 x 11.4cm.
Mendelssohn, p45.

$990
18 (Philosophy)
1925. Wood engraving, signed and dated in block lower right, 17.1 x 15.4cm. Stains to margins.
Mendelssohn, p99, listed as "Philosophy."

$770
19 (Toucan)
1925. Wood engraving, monogrammed in block lower left, tipped onto card with text, 6.7 x 4.4cm (engraving), 12.7 x 20.2cm (card). Slight foxing to card.
Mendelssohn, p97, listed as "Toucan." There is no known edition for this image, which was used for Lindsay's exhibition card in 1925. W.H. Ifould, principal librarian, opened Lindsay's exhibition of new etchings and woodcuts at Macquarie Galleries.

$550
20 The Clipped Wing
1931. Wood engraving, signed in block lower left, signed, titled and numbered 100 in margin below, 14.3 x 10.9cm.
Mendelssohn, p103, listed as "Depression (The Clipped Wing)."

$1,350