Lot 45
  • 45

Norman Lindsay

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 AUD
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Description

  • Norman Lindsay
  • LIFE IN A TEMPLE
  • Signed and dated NORMAN LINDSAY 1923 (lower right)
  • Watercolour on paper
  • 66 by 67cm

Provenance

The Showground Art Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Fine Australian and European Paintings, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 April 1998, lot 23
Private collection, New South Wales; purchased from the above

Literature

Lin Bloomfield, Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969, Bungendore: Odana Editions, 2003, p. 83 (illus)

Condition

This picture has faded slightly consistent with the work's age. There are some faint traces of foxing, throughout the lower half of the picture, this work appears to be laid down, but has not been inspected out of its frame.
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