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:
Collection of Mr Douglas Stewart and Ms Margaret Coen, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Sydney 25 March 2010, lot 35

Private collection, Melbourne

Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 8 May 2011, lot 70

Private collection, New South Wales

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

Reference:
Stewart, D., Norman Lindsay: A Personal Memoir, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 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: $25000 - 35000