NORMAN LINDSAY SIGNED ETCHING 'DREAM' - CIRCA 1920S

A STRIKING OFFSET LITHOGRAPH ETCHING BY THE RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN ARTIST NORMAN LINDSAY, HAND-SIGNED IN INK BELOW THE COMPOSITION. THE WORK DEPICTS A CLASSICAL FEMALE NUDE FIGURE IN A CONTEMPLATIVE POSE, RENDERED IN LINDSAY'S CHARACTERISTIC STYLE WITH BOLD LINE WORK AND DRAMATIC TONAL CONTRASTS. THE FIGURE IS SHOWN SEATED IN PROFILE, WITH ELABORATE DECORATIVE DRAPERY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COMPOSITION. THE BACKGROUND FEATURES ATMOSPHERIC TONAL WORK CREATING DEPTH AND MOOD.

ARTIST AND ATTRIBUTION:
- ARTIST: NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969), PROMINENT AUSTRALIAN ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR, AND WRITER
- SIGNATURE: HAND-SIGNED IN BLACK INK BELOW THE IMAGE: 'DREAM NORMAN LINDSAY'
- MEDIUM: OFFSET LITHOGRAPH ETCHING ON CREAM WOVE PAPER
- PERIOD: CIRCA 1920S, CONSISTENT WITH LINDSAY'S PROLIFIC PERIOD OF PRINTMAKING

CONDITION:
THE PRINT IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. THE PAPER SHOWS NATURAL CREAM TONING CONSISTENT WITH EARLY 20TH CENTURY PRODUCTION. MINOR FOXING SPOTS ARE PRESENT ON THE MOUNT, TYPICAL OF AGE. THE INK IMPRESSION IS STRONG AND WELL-DEFINED THROUGHOUT THE COMPOSITION. THE ETCHING LINE WORK REMAINS CRISP AND CLEAR. NO TEARS, SIGNIFICANT CREASING, OR RESTORATION TO THE PRINT ITSELF IS EVIDENT.

FRAMING:
PROFESSIONALLY PRESENTED IN A BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH CREAM MAT BOARD AND PROTECTIVE GLAZING. THE FRAME SHOWS MINOR WEAR CONSISTENT WITH SEVERAL DECADES OF DISPLAY. THE PRESENTATION PROTECTS THE WORK WHILST ALLOWING CLEAR VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNATURE AND COMPOSITION.

PROVENANCE:
THE VERSO OF THE FRAME CONTAINS A HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTION DATED 23/2020 (LIKELY 2020) NOTING THE WORK WAS ACQUIRED FROM A SPRINGWOOD, AUSTRALIA COLLECTION. THE NOTATION REFERENCES 'PROVENANCE FROM N LINDSAY DOCTORS SALE IN SPRINGWOOD' AND LISTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE PRINT'S HISTORY AND ATTRIBUTION.

NORMAN LINDSAY'S PRINTMAKING WORKS, PARTICULARLY SIGNED EXAMPLES FROM THE 1920S PERIOD, REMAIN HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. THIS ETCHING EXEMPLIFIES HIS MASTERY OF THE MEDIUM AND HIS ENDURING INFLUENCE ON AUSTRALIAN ART. THE HAND-SIGNATURE AND CLEAR PROVENANCE DOCUMENTATION ADD TO THE WORK'S APPEAL FOR COLLECTORS OF AUSTRALIAN MODERNIST PRINTS AND LINDSAY'S OEUVRE.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

293540+9

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