Tom O'Bedlam 1918

Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)

Tom O'Bedlam 1918

etching and engraving
31.0 x 26.5 cm

numbered, titled and signed 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:

The Art of Norman Lindsay: Exhibition of Water Colours, Pen Drawings, Etchings, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, October 1918, cat.26 (another example)

Gayfield Shaw's Gallery, Sydney, 1919, cat.10 (another example)

Norman Lindsay's Etchings and Drypoints, The Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, November 1919, cat.10 (another example)

Exhibition of Etchings by Norman Lindsay under the Direction of W. R. Bennett Esq., Swain's Gallery, Sydney, March 1925, cat.8 (another example)

Exhibition of Etchings, Woodcuts, etc. by Famous Artists, The Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, 7 - 21 December 1926, cat.60 (another example)

Exhibition of Oils, Watercolours and Etchings by Leading Sydney Artists, The Sedon Galleries, Melbourne, 29 March - 12 April 1927, cat.62 (another example)

The Complete Collection of Etchings by Norman Lindsay, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 12 - 25 November 1958, cat.179 (another example)

Reference:

Lindsay, N., Graves, R. & Warlock, P., Loving Mad Tom: Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries, Fanfrolico Press, London, 1927 (illus. frontispiece, another example)

Stewart, D., Two Hundred Etchings, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973 (illus. pl.176, another example)

Bloomfield, L., Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné, Odana Editions, Sydney in association with Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1999, p.93, cat.189 (illus. pp.16, 93, another example)

Estimate: $3000 - 5000

Result Hammer: $2200