Norman Lindsay, Australian artist, pencil drawings

NORMAN LINDSAY
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DRAWINGS
During Norman Lindsay's long creative life he produced works in many media but it is his drawings that most reflect his versatility. He worked in pencil, pen and ink, pen and ink and pencil and wash. Norman did small drawings that often were the preliminaries of major paintings, he did finished pen and ink works that are part of Australia's history (such as the Bulletin cartoons), he did many drawings just for fun like his animal works and he filled numerous sketchbooks with small, quick sketches just because he couldn't stop drawing. His wash drawings are often major works in themselves and can often be preliminary studies to his watercolours or oil paintings. It is often said that drawing best demonstrates the strength of an artist. If this is true, Norman Lindsay had a strength beyond many. All drawings sold by Bloomfield Galleries come with a Certificate of Authenticity. If you require any further information on these works, please don't hesitate to contact us. Please click on the thumbnails to view larger images. Drawings on this page are for sale from Bloomfield Galleries. To order, please click here.
COSTUME SKETCHES
COSTUME DESIGN BACK
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1932 Pencil on paper 18.0 x 14.9 cm Unsigned $500

OFFICER'S DRESS
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1932 Pencil on paper 24.0 x 16.0 cm Unsigned $550

PIRATES AND BUCCANEERS
BUCCANEER SWORD HILTS
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1932 Pencil on paper 21.5 x 17.5 cm Unsigned $650

BY SHIP TO EUROPE 1909–1910
COLOMBO STREET FIGURES
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1909 Pencil on paper 25.5 x 18.0 cm Unsigned $650

COLOMBO SCENES WITH VERSO
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1909 Pencil on paper 21.0 x 18.0 cm Unsigned $800
Date Medium Size Signature	1909 Pencil on paper 18.0 x 21.0 cm Unsigned

LIMB AND TORSO STUDIES
HAND AND ARM STUDY
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1934 Pencil on paper 19.0 x 15.5 cm Unsigned $400

SEATED MALE STUDY
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1950 Pencil on paper 49.0 x 27.0 cm Initialled lower centre $1,950

NUDE STUDY
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1938 Pencil on paper 54.0 x 33.0 cm Unsigned $7,000

NUDE
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1936 Pencil on paper 60.0 x 27.0 cm Unsigned $7,500

CAT STORYBOARD
IT'S AN ILL WIND
Date Medium Size - LHS Size - RHS Signature Price Reproduced	Unknown Pen and ink and pencil on paper 26.0 x 20.0 cm 26.0 x 20.0 cm Unsigned $4,000 Norman Lindsay's Cats (Macmillan, 1975, pp.[46,47], Pan Macmillan, 1991, pp. [46,47])
This drawing is on two sheets of paper mounted as one.

BULLETIN CARTOON
LIVERY STABLEMAN AND SARDONIC PATRON
Date Medium Size Signature Price	Unknown Pen and ink on paper 29.5 x 25.8 cm Signed lower centre $7,000
Norman worked at the Bulletin for a period of fifty years and for most of that time he produced a cartoon for publication in each week's edition. This is an original pen and ink of a Bulletin cartoon and the handwritten caption reads: Livery Stableman: “Well, I must say, you ’ave been driving the ‘orse a treat. You’ve regular knocked ‘im up.” Sardonic Patron: “Well, you see, I drove to my Aunt’s funeral, and I had to keep up with the hearse, for decency’s sake.”

COMPOSITIONS
THE ARRIVAL
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1922 Pencil on paper 22.0 x 18.0 cm Unsigned $1,000

STUDY FOR A WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1936 Pencil on paper 16.0 x 19.0 cm Unsigned $1,000

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1925 Pencil on paper 43.8 x 55.8 cm Unsigned $6,500

THE welcome
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1936 Pencil on paper 41.0 x 32.0 cm Unsigned $6,500

STUDY FOR A MAJOR PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1930 Pencil on paper 50.0 x 49.0 cm Unsigned $14,000

FIGURE STUDIES
MODEL UNDRESSING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1920 Pencil on paper 29.6 x 16.6 cm Unsigned $5,400

YVONNE
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1938 Pencil on paper 33.8 x 13.8 cm Initialled lower right $6,500 (framed)

encounter
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1934 Pencil on paper 22.8 x 18.9 cm Signed lower right $7,500 (framed)

A BACCHANAL
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1902 Pen and ink on paper 22.5 x 24.0 cm Signed lower right $15,500
Early pen and ink drawings such as A Bacchanal are rare and many examples of these works are no longer in existence. Some have been reproduced in pen drawing books, the first being published in 1918.

SKETCHES AND STUDIES FOR OILS AND WATERCOLOURS
HOMAGE TO BALZAC - STUDY FOR THE OIL PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1941 Pencil on paper 21.9 x 14.9 cm Unsigned $900
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1941 Oil on canvas 135.0 x 118.0 cm Signed and dated lower right The University of Melbourne Art Collection
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.152).

GARDEN PARTY, SPRINGWOOD - PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR THE OIL PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1956 Pencil on paper 18.0 x 16.0 cm Unsigned $1,750
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1956 Oil on canvas 67.0 x 56.5 cm Signed lower right Private
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.262).

FLIRTATION - STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1930 Pencil on paper 34.8 x 43.8 cm Unsigned $7,500
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1930 Watercolour on paper 57.0 x 43.0 cm Signed and dated lower right Private

COURTING - STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1930 Pencil on paper 51.0 x 37.0 cm Unsigned $8,000
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1930 Watercolour on paper 56.5 x 39.0 cm Signed and dated lower right Private
This drawing has a cigarette burn (probably Norman's!!) to the lower left hand side of the drawing.

THE SINKING GALLEON - STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1925 Pencil on paper 61.0 x 43.0 cm Unsigned $12,000
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1925 Watercolour on paper 86.0 x 64.5 cm Signed lower right Private

THE REVELLERS - STUDY FOR THE OIL PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1946 Pencil on paper 54.5 x 84.2 cm Initialled lower centre $14,000
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1946 Oil on canvas 85.0 x 93.0 cm Signed lower right Private
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.240).

THE BALLAD OF CIRCULAR QUAY - MAJOR STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1948 Pen and ink and pencil on paper 47.0 x 46.0 cm Unsigned $14,000
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1948 Watercolour on paper 58.0 x 48.5 cm Signed and dated lower right Private
Norman spent a lot of time at Circular Quay when he was based at his Bridge Street studio and was fascinated by the people who frequented the area. The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969 (Odana Editions, 2003, p.264).

PIRACY - MAJOR STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price Reference	1927 Pencil on paper 52.0 x 45.0 cm Unsigned $18,000 Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969 (Odana Editions, 2003, p.126)
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1927 Watercolour on paper Unknown Signed and dated lower left Whereabouts unknown
The pencil drawing is reproduced in the forthcoming Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawing (Odana Editions, 2008, p.265) and Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969 (Odana Editions, 2003, p.126).

SELECTED DRAWINGS SOLD
LIMB STUDIES sold
Date Medium Size Signature	c.1940 Pencil on paper 21.5 x 28.0 cm Initialled lower centre

march of the scallywags - STUDY FOR THE OIL PAINTING SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	c.1948 Pencil on paper 45.4 x 22.2 cm Initialled lower right
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1948 Oil on canvas 95.7 x 120.6 cm Signed lower right Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.238).

MORNING MILK SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature Reproduced	Unknown Pen and ink on paper 25.0 x 19.0 cm Unsigned Norman Lindsay: Artful Cats (Odana Editions, 2001, p.126)

THE PARASOl sold
Date Medium Size Signature	c.1940 Pencil on paper 26.7 x 27.7 cm Unsigned
Reproduced in the forthcoming Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawing (Odana Editions, 2008, p.138).

POLLY sold
Date Medium Size Signature	c.1922 Pencil on paper 23.5 x 19.3 cm Initialled lower centre

THE PIRATES' RETURN - PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR THE OIL PAINTING SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	c.1940 Pencil on paper 19.0 x 25.0 cm Unsigned
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1940 Oil on canvas 67.5 x 100.0 cm Signed lower left Private
The Pirates' Return is referenced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.142).

PROCESSION OF THE BULL - STUDY FOR THE watercolour SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	1934 Pencil on paper 43.0 x 63.0 cm Unsigned
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1934 Watercolour on paper 53.0 x 75.0 cm Signed and dated lower right Private
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969 (Odana Editions, 2003, p.186).

pumping water at fremantle SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	1909 Pencil on paper 25.8 x 18.8 cm Titled lower left, unsigned
Reproduced in the forthcoming Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawing (Odana Editions, 2008, p.56).

THE RIVAL GODDESSES - PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR THE OIL PAINTING SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	1928 Pencil on paper 19.0 x 16.5 cm Unsigned
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1928 Oil on canvas 88.3 x 75.5 cm Signed and dated lower right Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
The Rival Goddesses is referenced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.70).

who conquers fear - STUDY OF THE FEMALE FIGURE FOR THE OIL PAINTING WHICH WAS LATER PAINTED OUT SOLD
Date Medium Size Signature	1945 Pencil on paper 32.0 x 22.0 cm Signed lower right
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1945 Oil on canvas 134.6 x 122.0 cm Signed lower right Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Date Medium Size Signature Remarks	1945 Oil on canvas 134.6 x 122.0 cm Signed lower right Oil painting before the female figure was painted out.
The pencil drawing is reproduced in the forthcoming Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawing (Odana Editions, 2008, p.306) and Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.232).

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