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Odana
Editions has published a number of books on Australian artists
including Frank Hinder, L. Roy Davies and Vincent Brown although
is more often recognised as the publisher of books on Norman Lindsay.
In conjunction with Josef Lebovic Gallery we have also published The
Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay and Norman Lindsay Etchings:
Catalogue Raisonné. |
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| ETCHINGS | ||
| NORMAN LINDSAY ETCHINGS: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ |  |
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908154 46 1 2nd - Standard - 1,000 2006 306 Lin Bloomfield Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, black and white 30.0 x 24.3 cm $154.00 |
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| 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 The fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of his 175 unpublished and 200 published etchings traces his development from the first tentative beginning in 1897 to the maturity of his etched line in the 1920s and 1930s.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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| THE
COMPLETE ETCHINGS OF NORMAN LINDSAY (standard edition) |
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908154 43 7 1st - Standard - 2,000 1998 480 Lin Bloomfield Jane Lindsay Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery Cloth bound, foil blocked, hardcover, dustjacket, sewn, black and white 30.0 x 24.3 cm $770.00 |
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| 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. The importance of this book 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 the Lindsay literature and to the literature of printmaking in the 20th century. |
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| THE
COMPLETE ETCHINGS OF NORMAN LINDSAY (DE LUXE EDITION) |
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908154 41 0 1st - De Luxe - 550 (500 for sale) 1998 480 Lin Bloomfield Jane Lindsay Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery Bonded leather bound, foil blocked, hardcover, bonded leather slipcase, sewn, black and white Norman Lindsay Facsimile Etching The Artist 30.0 x 24.3 cm $2,200 |
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| 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'. | ||
| PAINTINGS | ||
| NORMAN
LINDSAY: oil paintings 1889-1969 (STANDARD EDITION) |
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908154 52 6 1st - Standard - 500 (will not be reprinted) 2006 308 Lin Bloomfield Norman Lindsay Douglas Stewart Odana Editions Dustjacket, illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour and black and white 30.0 x 24.3 cm $473.00 |
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| Over
a period of eighty years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams
Lindsay (1879-1969) painted in oils. Apart from the classical portraits
and single figure nudes Lindsay painted from life, he garned the
content of his oils from many sources. These include his own imaginings;
writers and poets whose work he admired; historical events; Greek
and Roman mythology; piracy and the Spanish Main and his abhorrence
of war. This volume contains one hundred and eighty oil paintings in full colour including one hundred featured oils, from his first known attempt at age ten to his last, a month before his death. two hundred and fifty additional supplementary works in a variety of media are reproduced together with over 55,000 words of text. Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 is an important and overdue addition to Lindsay literature. |
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| NORMAN
LINDSAY: OIL PAINTINGS 1889-1969 (de luxe edition) |
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908154 53 4 1st - De Luxe - 550 (500 for sale) (will not be reprinted) 2006 308 Lin Bloomfield Norman Lindsay Douglas Stewart Odana Editions Bonded leather, foil blocked, bonded leather slipcase, hardcover, sewn, colour and black and white Photograph of the oil painting The Vanities 30.0 x 24.3 cm $715.00 |
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| PENCIL DRAWINGS | ||
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LINDSAY: 80 years of pencil drawing AVAILABLE END APRIL 2008 |
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908154 55 5 1st Edition (2000 printed) 2008 335 Lin Bloomfield Odana Editions Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, black and white 30.0 x 24.3 cm $132.00 |
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| During
his long creative life Norman Lindsay produced works in many
media, but pencil was the only one he used continuously
from childhood to old age. If, as is often said, it is drawing
which best demonstrates the strength of any artist, then the
collection of over three hundred and sixty pencil drawings in
this book provides a unique opportunity to assess the man and
his methods. The earliest drawing reproduced in this book was done in 1889, when he was ten years old; the latest, in 1969, the year he died at the age of ninety. Thus these drawings, spanning eighty years of creative development, enable the reader to trace the evolution of Lindsay’s style throughout his life. The drawings have been carefully selected to demonstrate both Lindsay’s draughtsmanship and the range of his subject matter. There are pages from his voluminous sketchbooks in which he recorded details of subjects from animals to armour; preliminary sketches for what later became major works in oil, watercolour and pen; minutely detailed drawings for etchings; rough sketches showing his notes for colour plans; and pencil portraits which are works of art in their own right. Most of the drawings, however, are from the model, both male and female. His drawings of figures convey the spirit as well as the likeness of the model and have in common with his other pencil works great vitality and spontaneity. The text complements the drawings, weaving into the book excerpts from Norman Lindsay’s life and providing insights into his relationships with his family, friends and models. There are also many comments from Lindsay’s own writings and from his artistically-gifted family and contemporaries — on his techniques, his artistic philosophy and the imagery used in many of his drawings — which help to illuminate the work of this extraordinary Australian artist. |
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| PICTORIAL | ||
| NORMAN LINDSAY: ARTFUL CATS |  |
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908154 49 6 1st - Standard - 5,000 2001 144 Meg Stewart Odana Editions Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour and black and white 27.4 x 20.9 cm $44.00 |
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the far-off days of his boyhood at Creswick until his death in
1969, Norman Lindsay was a keen observer and lover of cats. During
his last three decades at Springwood it could be said that he collected
cats of all descriptions; many roamed in the sheds, stables, garden
and bushland, with a few in the house. Only one was specially chosen
to be the Studio Cat. |
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| BOOKS ABOUT NORMAN LINDSAY | ||
| PORTRAIT OF PA |  |
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0 908154 52 4 2,000 2007 216 Jane Lindsay Odana Editions Softcover, notch bound, black and white 19.8 x 12.8 cm $30.00 |
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had grown up with him operating like a one-man picture factory
in the studio across the garden. Etchings, pen drawings, watercolours,
oil paintings, novels, ship models, statues, articles and essays
were turned out with demoniac abandon … Jane Lindsay writes about her father, Norman Lindsay, with affection and honesty. Her down to earth attitude to the man people called a genius is as refreshing as it is revealing. As Jane Lindsay said ‘genius is hard to recognise at close quarters’. She describes the comings and goings of parents, friends and lovers with humour and wry observation of life at Springwood from the 1920s until Lindsay’s death in 1969. |
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| ROSE LINDSAY: A MODEL LIFE |  |
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908154 45 3 1st - Standard - 1,000 2001 392 Rose Lindsay Lin Bloomfield Odana Editions Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour and black and white 27.4 x 20.9 cm $88.00 |
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Lindsay's memoirs Ma and Pa: My Childhood Memories and Model
Wife: My Life with Norman Lindsay were first published in 1963
and 1967 respectively and both are now rare books Here for the first
time they are published in one volume, Rose Lindsay: A Model Life. In Ma and Pa, Rose, in effect, writes a history of the Sydney suburb of Longueville during the 1890s and early 1900s. The book is peopled with unforgettable real-life characters and illustrated with Rose's own quirky pen and ink illustrations. Funny and touching, Ma and Pa is the warm-hearted story of one family's life in Sydney, the constant struggle for survival and the resilience of Ma who kept an ever watchful eye on her brood of nine children. Model Wife traces Rose through her early modelling days, her meeting with Norman Lindsay, their life together in Sydney and Springwood and their travels to England and America. Apart from the intimate details of Rose's life with Norman, this book is peppered with the artistic and literary figures of the day: among others Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova, Fritz Kreisler, Julian Ashton, Elioth Gruner, Hans Heysen, Miles Franklin, H. G. Wells, Fanny Hurst, Edna Ferber and Frank Lloyd Wright. Rose emerged from humble beginnings to become a woman of style and substance with enormous strength of character. She was model and wife of Norman Lindsay (one of Australia's most controversial and best known artists), master printmaker, business woman and mother of two. Rose Lindsay should rightfully be regarded as one of the outstanding female personalities of twentieth century Australia. A Model Life is packed with wonderful stories from the past, richly illustrated and written with Rose's dry sense of humour and irrepressible joie de vivre. |
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| NORMAN
LINDSAY: WATERCOLOURS 1897-1969 (De Luxe Edition) SOLD OUT |
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908154 51 8 1st - De Luxe - 550 (500 for sale) (will not be reprinted) 2003 312 Lin Bloomfield Norman Lindsay Odana Editions Bonded leather, foil blocked, bonded leather slipcase, hardcover, sewn, colour and black and white Photograph of the watercolour The Presentation 30.0 x 24.3 cm |
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| Over
a period of seventy years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams
Lindsay (1879–1969) painted rare and wonderful watercolours.
One hundred and thirty-five featured watercolours are reproduced
in this volume together with over twenty supplementary watercolours
and over one hundred and twenty additional works in a variety of
media. Sixteen public galleries across every state and territory in Australia are represented as well as a selection of watercolours from private collection. These watercolours are a microcosm of his inspiration. Norman was an aesthete who rarely found his material in the reality of the present but in a spiritual return to times past. Apart from the nudes and portraits he painted from life, he garnered the content of his art from many sources. These include his own imaginings; the writers, poets and composers he most admired; his keen sense of humour; piracy and the Spanish Main; Greek and Roman mythology; the Bible; the hypocrisy of the times in which he lived and his abhorrence of war. All are represented here. The importance of this major addition to Lindsay literature for all lovers of Lindsay’s art will be immediately apparent. |
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