Norman Lindsay - Original Works

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Norman Lindsay 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 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. Drawings on this page are for sale from Bloomfield Galleries.
CRESWICK
CRESWICK GOLDFIELDS
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1895 Pencil on paper 16.5 x 26.5 cm Unsigned $1,250

PIRATES, BUCCANEERS, COSTUMES AND NAVAL
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

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

ANIMALS
THE CITY MAN AND THE BOOKMAKER
Date Medium Size Signature Price	Unknown Pen and ink on paper 27.0 x 8.7 cm Signed lower right $6,400
The upper drawing has the inscription: The City Man, whyo only goes for the fun of the thing, but manages to loose a bit just the same. The lower drawing has the inscription: The Bookmaker, who goes out to let the public win his money, of course. This drawing has been restored. On the lower right hand side, the paper has been cut away but it has been laid down on archival paper under restoration.

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

LIMB AND TORSO STUDIES
STUDY - KNEELING MODEL
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1932 Pencil on paper 24.8 x 33.8 cm Initialled lower right $2,800

THE BEADED BELT
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1939 Pencil on paper 24.0 x 29.0 cm Unsigned $3,200

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

FIGUREs
CHARACTER STUDY
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1941 Pencil on paper 27.0 x 24.0 cm Unsigned $1,750
This drawing has been restored as the top edge of the paper is missing. I has been laid down on archival paper by a professional restorer.

PRAISE THE CENTAUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1935 Pencil on paper 41.8 x 25.8 Unsigned $2,750

MEDITATION
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1940 Pencil on paper 19.6 x 15.5 cm Unsigned $4,600 (mounted in black)

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

compositions
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1925 Pencil on paper 43.8 x 55.8 cm Unsigned $6,500
Date Medium Size Signature Collection
Between Two Worlds is a major pencil drawing of great importance. It is related to the watercolour Unknown Seas in the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum, Springwood. Unknown Seas is one watercolour which Rose took to America in 1940 and was fortunately not burnt. Luckily Rose had not taken this drawing to the US as well. Note the similarities of the horses, the rider and the faces on the models.

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

ENCOUNTER
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1934 Pencil on paper 22.8 x 18.9 cm Signed lower right $7,500 (framed)
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SKETCHES FOR PAINTINGS UNKNOWN
STUDY FOR A MAJOR PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1930 Pencil on paper 50.0 x 49.0 cm Unsigned $14,000

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, gift of the artist 1969
The pencil drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.152).

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 ART OF DRESS - STUDY FOR THE WASH DRAWING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1943 Pencil and pen and ink on paper 34.0 x 35.5 cm Unsigned $9,000
Title Date Medium Size Signature	Arm Studies (this is the verso on The Art of Dress - Study for the wash drawing pencil and pen and ink drawing) c.1943 Pencil on paper 32.0 x 29.0 cm Unsigned
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	c.1943 Pencil and pen and ink on paper 21.9 x 14.9 cm Unsigned Private
The wash drawing is reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 (Odana Editions, 2006, p.188).

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 major pencil drawing The Sinking Galleon is an important study for both an oil and watercolour of the same subject and title. The whereabouts of the oil painting is unknown but the 1925 watercolour appeared at auction in 2004. Norman painted only a few underwater scenes and this drawing, depting a galleon descending into the depth of the ocean, shows a group of curious sirens trying to rescue a drowned sailor while others rise to explore the galleon.

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).

CRETE - STUDY OF RITA FOR THE OIL PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	1940 Pencil on paper 60.0 x 37.0 cm Unsigned $15,000
Date Medium Size Signature Collection	1940 Oil on canvas 132.0 x 165.1 cm Signed and dated lower left The University of Melbourne Art Collection, gift of the artist, 1969
Inspired by reading a book on Crete, Norman worked out a composition for an oil painting and decided to have Rita pose for the central figure. She stayed at Springwood as a house guest while it was painted. Amber Kraljevich is the blonde girl next to the bull and Pearl Schweig the brunette next to her. Harry Lee, Rita's twelve-year-old brother, is the young boy next to the central figure of Rita. Jane Lindsay posed for the backview figure and Norman used his own face in a mirror for the dark haired male. Rita posed for a number of other women in Crete as well as the central figure. Crete is referenced and reproduced in Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889–1969 (Odana Editions, 2005, pp.138–141).

PIRACY - MAJOR STUDY FOR THE WATERCOLOUR
Date Medium Size Signature Price	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 Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawing (Odana Editions, 2008, p.265) and Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969 (Odana Editions, 2003, p.126).

NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER - MAJOR STUDY FOR THE OIL PAINTING
Date Medium Size Signature Price	c.1945 Pencil on paper 62.5 x 49.0 cm Signed lower left $28,000
The pencil study Neptune's Daugher is a major drawing by Norman. It is fully finished and fully signed which is always an indication that Norman himself considered the work to be important. The oil painting of the same subject and title was sold by us in the 1970s and both the drawing and oil painting reflect Norman's superior technique in each medium. Lin's personal preference is for the pencil drawing as she feels it is an excellent example of Norman's skill.

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