Mermaids and moonlight. The watercolours of Norman Lindsay

A$3,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

[Stokie, Illinois] : Soo Loo Press, 1993. Folio, clamshell box 375 x 300 x 30 mm with title labels, containing an Introduction by Louis Irmo; three essays on Norman Lindsay by Alex Dean Foster, William Stout and Louis Irmo; 30 individual colour reproductions of Lindsay s watercolours not previously published, each mounted on card, and three appendixes: Published Watercolours ; Watercolours in Public Institutions and Watercolours at Auction 1970 to the present . Limited to 26 lettered copies and 10 numbered presentation copies, signed by the three authors, this copy is lettered R . An immaculate copy. A rare privately printed tribute to Norman Lindsay, created by afficionado and collector Louis Irmo feeling that the American Lindsay fan had been underserved (IRMO, Louis, Norman Lindsay in America, Illustration Magazine, No. 27, Summer 2009). Three copies recorded in collections worldwide (National Library of Australia; State Library of Queensland; State Library of New South Wales). One of the hardest Norman Lindsay publications for the collector to acquire.

• Binding: Hardcover

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