 
59 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
[Love Is Child Of The Earth And Heaven], 1924/1928. Etching,
mounted with accompanying poem in letterpress, 9.1 x 9.1cm. Slight
stains to pages, not affecting image or text, some strikethrough
to poem from other text verso.
Poem
reads "Love is Child of the Earth and Heaven./Earth spires
with kisses, plumps them like the corn/scented with the lovely
passion of the strewn sun./So from the earth mixed with light
our love is born./Heaven is the shafted perfume of spring/loosed
on dark winter, the choric beat/of the songs enwombed in kisses,
heard as afar are heard/unknown, desired, implacable, beautiful
feet." Norman Lindsay produced 15 etchings for A Homage
to Sappho in 1924 in Australia. His son, Jack Lindsay, took the
etching plates to London in 1926. The etchings in A Homage to
Sappho were issued unsigned, and were published by Fanfrolico
Press, London, 1928 in an edition of seventy. Illustrated in
Bloomfield, The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, 1998,
plate 115.
$1,350
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60 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
The Procession, c1915. Lithograph, signed in image upper right,
signed in pencil in lower margin, typed title and date in authenticity
certificate signed in ink by Lin Bloomfield attached to frame
verso, 25.3 x 37.2cm. Framed.
Label
lists alternate title "Bacchus." Very rare lithograph
by Lindsay, who produced very few lithographs during his lifetime.
$11,500
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61 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
[Bushman And Gentleman In A Country Town], c1920s. Pen and ink,
signed upper left, 27 x 23cm. Repaired tears, paper loss and
stains to edges, soiling overall.
Depicts
a pub named the Royal Hotel. Possibly used for an illustration
for The Bulletin.
$2,900
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62 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
[Mermaid And Mirror], c1920s. Pen and ink, signed lower left,
13.5 x 14.8cm. Surface soiling, old mount burn.
$6,600
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63 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
The Ragged Poet, 1924. Etching, engraving, stipple and roulette,
editioned 52/55, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower
margin, 35.2 x 27.6cm. Old mount burn.
Illustrated
in Bloomfield, The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay,
1998, plate 255. Provenance: Private collection, USA.
$12,500
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64 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
That Hidden Faun, 1928. Etching with aquatint, editioned 16/55,
titled and signed by Norman Lindsay and inscribed by Rose Lindsay
in pencil in lower margin, 30.5 x 24.9cm. Minor glue stains to
margins.
Inscription
by Rose Lindsay reads "With compliments to A. McLean. R.L."
Illustrated in Bloomfield, The Complete Etchings of Norman
Lindsay, 1998, plate 304, listed as The Hidden Faun. Provenance:
Private collection, USA.
$5,500
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65 Norman Lindsay (Aus., 1879-1969)
The Girl Who Slept In Their Chamber, c1940. Pen and ink, initialled
upper right, printed title in authenticity certificate signed
in ink by Lin Bloomfield on frame verso, 20.3 x 18.5cm. Slight
rubbing lower right, foxing overall. Framed.
Illustrated
in The Heptameron of Marguerite of Navarre, 1976, p106;
and in Norman Lindsay: Selected Pen Drawings, 1968, plate 55.
In his introduction to Lindsay's Heptameron, A.D. Hope believes
Lindsay was attracted to illustrating this work "partly
[due] to the charm of the work itself, partly [due to] the forthright
Renaissance attitude to sexual topics ..."
$3,300
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66 Sydney Long (Aus., 1871-1955)
Pastoral Aquatint, 1921/1927. Aquatint, printed in dark blue
ink, editioned "A.E. [artist's proof] 5/60", titled
and signed in pencil in lower margin, 14.8 x 19.5cm. Old mount
burn and glue stains to margins.
This
is the second state; the first state was printed in 1921. The
plate has been burnished to obliterate some foul biting. Dorothy
Paul in her book, The Etched Work of Sydney Long, ARE,
1928, plate 4, refers to the earlier printing. Also illustrated
in Mendelssohn, The Life and Work of Sydney Long, 1979,
plate 48, p158. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$2,200
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67 Sydney Long (Aus., 1871-1955)
The Spirit Of The Plains, 1918. Aquatint with drypoint, printed
in brown ink, annotated "B", titled and signed in pencil
in lower margin, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand verso,
17.4 x 35.2cm. Slight stain and foxing to margins. Framed.
Annotation
reads "My copy. A gift from Long." Illustrated in Mendelssohn,
The Life and Work of Sydney Long, 1979, p142, and in Paul,
The Etched Work of Sydney Long, ARE, 1928, plate 16. Held
in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$5,800
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68 Sydney Long (Aus., 1871-1955)
The Snake Yarn, 1922. Etching, editioned 12/30, titled and signed
in pencil in lower margin, 12.6 x 28.7cm. Repaired tears to upper
centre of image and margins.
Illustrated
in Mendelssohn, The Life and Work of Sydney Long, 1979,
p159, and in Paul, The Etched Work of Sydney Long, ARE,
1928, plate 14. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$1,650
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69 Sydney Long (Aus., 1871-1955)
Moonrise On The Lake, 1928. Soft ground etching and aquatint
printed in blue, editioned 44/60, titled and signed in pencil
in lower margin, 25.6 x 36.2cm. Paper loss to margins, not affecting
image.
Illustrated
in Mendelssohn, The Life and Work of Sydney Long, 1979,
plate 112. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
A very good impression, using a strong blue ink, one of Long's
signature colours.
$3,300
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