Margaret Coen and Douglas Stewart collection of Norman Lindsay drawings and etchings, ca. 1920-1937

PXD 723
R 872

fonds

ca. 1920-1937

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Objects, Prints

147193

Drawings - 2 ink, 5 pencil drawings
Objects - 3 copper etching plates
Prints - 1 photo-mechanical reproduction - 3 etchings

PXD 723
1. [Fortune's fools, ca. 1934].
Pencil sketch, unsigned; inscribed with recipe lower right. 12 x 11 cm.

2. [Ah! Would some stronger god step in, 1935].
Ink drawing, unsigned. 30 x 21.5 cm.
Reproduced in 'Our good earth' / Kenneth Mackenzie (Sydney, 1941)

3. [Harem scene, ca. 1935].
Pencil drawing, unsigned, 29 x 26 cm.

4. Thunderbolts and tadpoles, [ca. 1935].
Pencil and ink drawing, unsigned. 38 x 55 cm.

5. [Spoil, 1937].
Pencil drawing, unsigned. 33 x 37.5 cm.
Reproduced in Norman Lindsay 200 Etchings (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1973);

6. [The little witch, ca. 1937].
Pencil drawing, unsigned. 32.5 x 25.5 cm.

7. Norman Lindsay.
Drawn by Bill Dyson [inscribed by Norman Lindsay]. Pencil drawing. 23 x 17.5 cm.

8. Have faith [ca. 1933].
Etching, inscribed lower left 'Proof'; title centre beneath image; initialled lower right 'N.L.'. 27.9 x 25.2 cm.

9. [Booty, ca. 1937]
Etching, proof, unsigned. 25.3 x 20.5 cm.

10. [Arabiana, ca. 1937].
Etching, proof, unsigned. 29.1 x 23.2 cm.

11. [Women at party].
Photomechanical reproduction of original etching, blind embossed stamp upper left 'J.L. Hempstead Tree Studio Chicago', signed in image. 30 x 24.5 cm.

R 872
Item 1. [Balinese frieze].
Portion of copper etching plate. 13.8 x 25 cm.
Unpublished unfinished etching in Mitchell Library PXD 338, v. 5, p. 74, with annotation by Rose Lindsay 'only plate not carried further'.

Item 2. [Scherzo, 1922].
Copper etching plate. 29.2 x 30.5 cm.

Item 3. [Arabiana, 1937].
Copper etching plate. 29.2 x 23.4 cm.

Access via appointment - Applies to R 872/Item 1-3

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years

The Mitchell Library also holds a collection a collection of 7 volumes of drawings and proofs of etchings (ref. PXD 338) and 20 copper etching plates (ref. R 177) compiled by Rose Lindsay and purchased by the Library in 1963