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note that the Bibliography is by no means complete. As we gather more information and we have the time, this list will be continually updated. A veritable work in progress ...
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| BOOKS INCLUDING ORIGINAL ETCHINGS |
Colombine
1919
Hugh McCrae
Art in Australia, Sydney
Hardcover, black and white
The edition includes the original etching Columbine. |
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Creative Effort: An Essay in Affirmation
1920
Norman Lindsay
Art in Australia, Sydney
Hardcover (de luxe), edition of 120 (100 for sale)
The edition includes the original etching Creative Effort.
To whom does one offer the gift of a thought?
To him who already thinks it.
The mission of the thinker is not to enlighten, but to confirm. The material for enlightenment is already there, like a piled-up beacon; the new thought is but a spark that sets it alight.
Anger at the stupidity of common minds is foolish, save in youth, when it is a stimulus.
Yet all high minds wish to offer the gift of thought to mankind, and because it is rejected they become bitter.
But gold is no use to a savage. He prefers iron, which is useful to him. And here the savage is wise. One cannot blame the common mind, because it seeks common thoughts — vulgar utilities — for these things help it.
If the common man is also able to catch a little at highter thoughts, so much the better; but he has caught something in passing not addressed to him.
The message of the Creatifive Effort is to him whose mission is to carry on the Creative Effort.
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Idyllia
1922
Hugh McCrae
Norman Lindsay Press, Sydney
Hardcover, edtion of 133 (100 for sale), black and white
The edition includes five original etchings: What the Deer Said, Robin Hood, Pantera, The Yellow Lady and The Talking Breasts.
Idyllia is a particularly fine example ofr small press publishing. One of the msot dignified editions de luxe ever published in Australia, it contains fifteen poems and a verse dedication ot Norman who illustrated, designed and published the volume with the help of Rose and Jack, Norman's son.
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The Etchings of Norman Lindsay
1927
Constable & Co Ltd, London
Hardcover, no dustjacket, edition of 129 (120 for sale), black and white
Constable
& Co, publishers of fine limited editions, were aware of Norman's etchings
as early as 1922 when they were the London publishers for Art in Australia.
In 1925 they had further evidence of the quality of the work when Norman
held an exhibition at London's Leicester Galleries where the etchings
were very popular. The Etchings of Norman Lindsay is a handsome
volume with each plate presented full page, with a cover page indicating
the plate number, title and date. Norman was delighted with the quality
of the reproductions. In 1928 he wrote to Andrew Watt, one of Rose's private
clients:
I'm glad you liked the Constable production of the etchings.
It really is as facsimile perfect as reproduction can be.
Although Norman referred to the reproductions as 'facsimile perfect' he
was comparing them with contemporary printing. They are not true facsimile
reproductions. They are, however, far superior to the reproductions in
the 1973 Angus & Robertson publication Norman Lindsay: Two Hundred
Etchings.
For many years, books illustrated by Norman have been broken up for the
illustrations, which has had the effect of making the original book even
more rare. In 1938 Gill's Fine Art Society's Gallery in Melbourne held
'An Exhibition of Reproductions of Etchings by Norman Lindsay'. According
to the catalogue:
This exhibition comprises a series of reproductions
of Norman Lindsay's original etchings, comprising a number
of his greatest creative works. The prints have been arranged
and shown in chronological order, and the whole of the
plates have been printed by the Collotype Process in the
finest manner possible by the Cheswick Press, England.
Mounted individual plates from the book were sold for 21 shillings each,
a handsome profit for the vendor. As this was not the only instance of
the book being destroyed for sale, The Etchings of Norman Lindsay has
become the rarest of any of Norman's books.
There are 45 reproductions of Norman's etchings in alphabetical order and
the book contains a chronological list of the 84 published etchings from
1918 to early 1925. Several etchings published late in 1925 and some done
during the 1918–1925 period were not put on the market until later
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The Etchings of Norman Lindsay
1927
Constable & Co Ltd, London
Hardcover, no dustjacket, edition of 31, black and white
The edition includes the original etching Your Fate.
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A Homage to Sappho
1928
Jack Lindsay (translation)
Fanfrolico Press, London
Hardcover, edition of 70
The edition includes fifteen original etchings: 'A Homage to Sappho' Title Page, (I Think that man is equal with a god), (Men will, I think, remember me), (Love is Child of the Earth and Heaven), (With hyacinth my head I bind), (Maidenhead, maidenhead), (Stand awhile among your playmates), (Scornfuller than thou), (Come, Cypros), (Evening), (Sweet Mother), (Set has the moon), (Dying), (In a dream) and (Music shall clap his hands).
Sappho, The Greek poet who lived on the island of Lesbos in the 6th centure BC, has always attracted the prurient attention of male writers for more than her poetry. The fragmentary remains of her poems indicate that she taught poetry to young maidens, and later composed their bridal odes when they left to be married. Later writers in antiquity accused her of 'immorality' a pseudonym for homosexuality, and the private lives of the ladies of Lesbos became more important than their actual poetic achievements.
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Our Earth
1937
Kenneth Mackenzie
Angus & Robertson, Sydney
Hardcover, edition of 225, black and white
The edition includes the original etching Our Earth.
Kenneth Mackenzie's 'Our Earth', a long blank-verse poem, is simultaneously a celebration of the natural beauty and bounty of the earth and a protest against its corruption by man and machine. The Earth's seasons — the seeding of spring, maturing of summer, harvest of autumn and winter sleep — are at one with Earth's inhabitants. The cycle of life — conception, gestation, birth and death — are the seasons of man. Mackeenzie evokes images of great beauty and contrasts them with the callous discord of mechanisation. |
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Norman Lindsay: 200 Etchings
1974
Douglas Stewart
Angus & Robertson
Hardcover, two volumes, slipcase |
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Norman Lindsay: Favourite Etchings
1977
Angus & Robertson, black and white
Hardcover, dustjacket, black and white
This edition was the first edition and in the same year a reprint was published with Lady and Parrot on the cover (below).
The one hundred etchings reproduced in this book have been selected by Angus & Robertson from their edition deluxe of Norman Lindsay: Two Hundred Etchings edited by Douglas Stewart. That edition, limited to two hundred copies, sold out before publication in 1974.
An illustrated catalogue of Lindsay's early etchings published in a limited edition in London in 1927 (The Etchings of Norman Lindsay, Constable & Co) is as scarce as the luxury edition published in 1974. The present book is therefore the first to make available to a wide public a general selection of Norman Lindsay's outstanding work in this medium.
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Norman Lindsay: Favourite Etchings
1977
Angus & Robertson, Sydney
Hardcover, dustjacket, black and white
The one hundred etchings reproduced in this book have been selected by Angus & Robertson from their edition deluxe of Norman Lindsay: Two Hundred Etchings edited by Douglas Stewart. That edition, limited to two hundred copies, sold out before publication in 1974.
An illustrated catalogue of Lindsay's early etchings published in a limited edition in London in 1927 (The Etchings of Norman Lindsay, Constable & Co) is as scarce as the luxury edition published in 1974. The present book is therefore the first to make available to a wide public a general selection of Norman Lindsay's outstanding work in this medium.
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The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay
1998
Lin Bloomfield
Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
Hardcover, dustjacket (standard edition), black and white
Australian
artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay (1879-1969) created some of the
finest intaglio prints of the 20th century. The Complete Etchings
of Norman Lindsay offers, for the first time, a panoramic view of
the artist's work in this field. Now, with the publication of this volume,
a serious lacuna in the Lindsay bibliography has been filled.
Over a period of eighty years Lindsay produced a prodigious amount of work
- pencil drawings, pen and ink drawings, watercolours and oil paintings
- and the etcher's needle was to become as natural an extension of the
artist's hand as his pencil, pen and paint brush. With equal constancy
and application he developed into true magnificence his techniques of etching,
drypoint and aquatint.
Lin Bloomfield began her research for The Complete Etchings of Norman
Lindsay in 1992 at the Mitchell Library in Sydney which then extended
to numerous public libraries, galleries and private collections, resulting
in the most thorough study of Lindsay's original etchings ever undertaken.
The fully illustrated catalogues raisonné of his 175 unpublished
and 200 published etchings trace his development from the first tentative
beginning in 1897 to the maturity of his etched line in the 1920s and 1930s.
The illuminative text with over 160 illustrations complements the catalogues
raisonné, weaving into the book insights into Lindsay's technique,
the books he illustrated with original etchings and the etched bookplates.
Among the highlights of the volume are chapters on the published and unpublished
etchings. These chapters contribute to a deeper understanding of Lindsay's
philosophy and outline the source of inspiration for many of the etchings.
More than simply another art reference book, this handsome volume documents
vividly the intricate artistic, financial and business practices that shaped
the complex working relationship between the artist and his printmaker
partner Rose, and their galleries, dealers and publishers. It traces the
history of the galleries from 1918 to the present, quoting comprehensively
from contemporary reviews. Sales and marketing are discussed, together
with a table of comparative prices. A chapter on the facsimile etchings
is also included. |
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The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay
1998
Lin Bloomfield
Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
Hardcover, slipcase (de luxe edition), black and white
A facsimile etching of The Artist was included with this edition.
The
Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay was the winner of the Australian
Sixteenth National Print Gold Award for two and three colour printing,
judged to be 'consistent in colour, register and imposition. A worthy
winner in a high standard category'.
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Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné
1999
Lin Bloomfield
Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
Hardcover, no dustjacket, black and white
Over
a period of eighty years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay
(1897-1969) produced a prodigious amount of work — pencil drawings,
pen and ink drawings, watercolours and oil paintings - and the etcher's
needle was to become as natural an extension of the artist's hand as his
pencil, pen and paint brush. With equal constancy and application he developed
into true magnificence his techniques of etching.
The fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of his 175 unpublished
and 200 published etchings traces his development from the first tentative
beginning in 1897 to the maturity of his etched line in the 1920s and 1930s.
This volume includes an updated catalogue raisonné and a text (with
some new material) condensed from the original definitive publication, The
Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, of 100,000 words to 10,000 words.
The importance of this edition for all lovers of Lindsay's art, for all
connoisseurs, collectors, art historians, dealers, graphic artists and
students will be immediately apparent. It is a major addition to Lindsay
literature and to Australian printmaking in the 20th century.
The launch of Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné took
place on 2 November 1999 at the long established Old Print Shop, New York,
New York. |
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Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné
2006
Lin Bloomfield
Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Bungendore
Hardcover, no dustjacket, black and white |
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