Norman Lindsay Watercolours Book

This is a 1973 edition of “Norman Lindsay Watercolours” published by Ure Smith, Sydney. The book is a beautiful art monograph featuring the work of renowned Australian artist Norman Lindsay (1879-1969).
Contents:
• Biography: “The Ninety Years of Norman Lindsay—His Life and Work” by Godfrey Blunden (page 9)
• Essay: “The Medium of Watercolour” by Norman Lindsay himself (page 59)
• Fifteen color plate reproductions of original watercolours
Featured Watercolours Include:
• Filibusters’ Heaven (Frontispiece)
• Court of Venus
• Thieves’ Kitchen
• Dogs for Comfort
• Captured
• Spring’s Retinue
• Where War Ends
• Piracy
• Porto Bello
• Madam, My Wife
• Out Of All That
• An Old Tale
• Fruits Of The Earth
• Of Two Devils
• The Blue Hat
Publication History:
• First edition: 1959 by The Springwood Press as “Norman Lindsay Water Colour Book”
• Second edition (revised): 1969 by Ure Smith Pty. Limited
• This edition: 1973 (revised and shortened version of the 1969 edition)
• Copyright: Rose Lindsay, 1973
• Printed in Australia at the Griffin Press, Adelaide
• ISBN: 7254 0168 0

The book shows signs of age with some wear to the dust jacket visible in the photos. The spine appears intact, and the book includes both the original dust jacket featuring one of Lindsay’s watercolours on the front and a photographic portrait on the back.