NORMAN LINDSAY OFFSET LITHOGRAPH - SUMMER 1918

A FINE ETCHING BY RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN ARTIST NORMAN LINDSAY, DATED SUMMER 1918 AND SIGNED IN INK TO THE LOWER MARGIN. THE COMPOSITION DEPICTS TWO FEMALE NUDES IN A CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE SETTING WITH PALM TREES AND ROCKY OUTCROPS, RENDERED IN LINDSAY'S CHARACTERISTIC LINEAR ETCHING TECHNIQUE WITH STRONG TONAL CONTRASTS BETWEEN DEEP BLACK SHADOWS AND LUMINOUS CREAM PAPER.

IDENTIFICATION:
- ARTIST: NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969), AUSTRALIAN MODERNIST AND PROLIFIC PRINTMAKER
- TITLE: SUMMER
- DATE: 1918
- MEDIUM: ETCHING ON CREAM LAID PAPER
- SIGNATURE: HAND-SIGNED IN INK 'SUMMER 1918' AND 'NORMAN LINDSAY' TO LOWER MARGIN

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
THE ETCHING DEMONSTRATES LINDSAY'S MASTERY OF THE MEDIUM WITH CONFIDENT LINE WORK AND SOPHISTICATED USE OF CROSS-HATCHING TO CREATE DEPTH AND FORM. THE COMPOSITION BALANCES CLASSICAL FIGURATION WITH MODERNIST SENSIBILITY, CHARACTERISTIC OF LINDSAY'S WORK DURING THE 1910S-1920S PERIOD.

CONDITION: THE PAPER SHOWS APPROPRIATE AGE-RELATED PATINA WITH MINOR FOXING TO MARGINS, CONSISTENT WITH EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAPER STOCK. THE ETCHING INK REMAINS CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE. THE PIECE IS MOUNTED ON CREAM BOARD AND HOUSED IN A WHITE TIMBER FRAME WITH PERIOD-APPROPRIATE GLAZING. FRAME SHOWS MINOR WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE WORK IS PRESENTED IN ITS ORIGINAL FRAME, SUGGESTING LONG-TERM CAREFUL STEWARDSHIP.

NORMAN LINDSAY ETCHINGS FROM THE 1918 PERIOD ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT BY AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTORS AND INSTITUTIONS. THIS EXAMPLE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT WORK FROM THE ARTIST'S MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIOD.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

293540+14

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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