Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works

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Lot 84
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NORMAN LINDSAY

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 AUD
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Description

  • Norman Lindsay
  • ORLEANS AND ISABELLE

  • Signed, dated 1921 and inscribed '(To its creator)' lower left

  • Watercolour on paper
  • 40.8 by 40 cm

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the poet Hugh McCrae; thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney

Catalogue Note

Orleans and Isabelle illustrates the poem of the same title by Lindsay's long time friend and collaborator Hugh McCrae. 

The poem 'Orleans and Isabelle' was published in Satyrs and Sunlight being the collected poetry of Hugh McCrae, Fanfrolico Press, London, 1928