Portrait of Rita c1940

NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969)

Portrait of Rita c1940

oil on canvas
63.5 x 51.5 cm
signed upper right: NORMAN LINDSAY

Provenance:
The artist
The collection of Douglas Stewart & Margaret Coen
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
On loan, Norman Lindsay Gallery, New South Wales, 1994 - 2010

Reference:
Stewart, D., Norman Lindsay: A Personal Memoir, Thomas Nelson, 1957, p.81
Stewart, D., Douglas Stewart Selected Poems, A&R Modern Poets, HarperCollins, Sydney, 1992 (p.152 'The Picture')
Keesing, N., The Woman I Am: Poem by Nancy Keesing, selected and introduced by Meg Stewart, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p.4

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $31000