Homage to Venus 1942

Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)

Homage to Venus 1942

pencil on paper
56.5 x 54.0 cm

Provenance:
Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 75
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Norman Lindsay 1879-1969, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, February 1984, cat.8

Reference:
Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay: Impulse to Draw, Bay Books, Sydney, 1984, p.199 (illus.)
Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay Oil Paintings, 1889-1969, Odana Editions, Bungendore, 2006, pp.170, 296 (illus. p.171)

Related Works:
Homage to Venus, 1942, oil on canvas, 138.0 x 117.5 cm, University of Melbourne Art Collection, Melbourne; illus. in Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay: Impulse to Draw, Bay Books, Sydney, 1984, p.198
Untitled (Sketch for Homage to Venus), 1942, pencil on paper, 18.0 x 21.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, Gift of Keith Wingrove
Homage to Venus, 1942, pencil on paper, 16.0 x 13.5 cm; illus. in Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay: Impulse to Draw, Bay Books, Sydney, 1984, p.198

Estimate: $10000 - 15000

Result Hammer: $9000