Moonlight's Piper 1925

Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)

Moonlight's Piper 1925

aquatint and etching
25.0 x 32.5 cm

numbered, titled, signed and dated below image

Provenance:

Collection of Sir George Tallis, Victoria

Thence by descent, collection of Mr George Cassius Tallis, Victoria

Thence by descent, collection of Dr George Michael Tallis, Adelaide

Thence by descent, collection of Ms Belinda Susan Tallis, Sydney

Exhibited:

An Exhibition of Etchings by Norman Lindsay, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, 8 - 21 April 1926, cat.15 (as Moonlight Piper, another example)

An Exhibition of Recent Etchings by Norman Lindsay, Farmer's Exhibition Hall, Sydney, 12 - 23 April 1926, cat.7 (another example)

Exhibition of Norman Lindsay's Watercolours and Etchings, The Dunster Galleries, Adelaide, July 1926, cat.15 (another example)

 

Reference:

Art in Australia, December 1926, vol.3, no.18, p.28 (illus., another example)

Stewart, D., Two Hundred Etchings, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973 (illus. pl.121, another example)

Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné, Odana Editions, Sydney in association with Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1999, p.176, cat.272 (illus., another example)

Estimate: $2000 - 3000

Result Hammer: $2800