Lot 117
  • 117

Norman Lindsay

Estimate
17,000 - 22,000 AUD
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Description

  • Norman Lindsay
  • MY DEAR, THE GODS APPEAR TO THINK IT'S NECESSARY
  • Signed and dated Norman Lindsay Feb.1942 (lower right); titled My dear, the Gods appear to think it's necessary (lower centre)
  • Ink on paper
  • 36 by 41.5cm

Provenance

Australian and International paintings, Christie's, Sydney, 17 August 1999, lot 151
Australian and International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 March 2002, lot 16
Private collection, Sydney; purchased from the above

Condition

This work has no visible defects and is in good original condition. This work appears not to be laid down, but has not been inspected out of it's frame.
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Catalogue Note

Certificate of authenticity, The Bloomfield Galleries, signed by Lin Bloomfield