Norman Lindsay
1879-1969
NUDE ON GOLD CLOTH
Estimate $40,000 – $50,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
Norman Lindsay
1879-1969
NUDE ON GOLD CLOTH
watercolour on paper
signed 'Norman Lindsay' lower centre
43.5 X 30CM
- Lot Sold $40,000 (Hammer Price)
- $48,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Gift of the artist to Yale Bradlyn
By descent
Private Collection, Florida
Fine Australian & International Paintings and Decorative Arts, Sotheby's, Sydney, 27 August 2001, lot 1, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney
Literature
Lin Bloomfield, Norman Lindsay: Watercolours 1897-1969, Odana Editions, New South Wales, 2003, p. 186 (illustrated)
Condition Report
The work is in excellent original condition with strong colouration across the sheet. There are minor small foxed spots, three to the left of the figure and one adjacent to the right shoulder of the figure.The work is housed in a mat in a wooden frame under glass. It has not been examined out of the frame.BRETT BALLARD SPECIALIST, ARTSOTHEBY'S AUSTRALIAT +61 (0)2 9362 1000 | M +61 (0)438 492 985 | F +61 (0)2 9362 1100 118-122 QUEEN STREET WOOLLAHRA NSW 2025 | SOTHEBYSAUSTRALIA.COM.AU
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