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Death In The Garden
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Title |
Death
in the Garden |
Size |
33.0 x 26.7 cm |
Date Published |
1998 |
Reference |
Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue
Raisonné (Odana
Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999, cat.243) |
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| Ever since Norman Lindsay's extreme
grief at the death of his brother Reg in 1917 in World War I, Norman
had been determined
to counter his fear of death by adopting an attitude of rejection
and determined optimism. Death in the Garden is one of his most beautiful
etchings. Several of the female figures were etched from sketches
of Rose and the central model also appears in Unknown Seas and Life
in the Temple. The urn is in the garden at Springwood. Norman had
done a pen and ink drawing of Death in the Garden (presumed burnt
in America), prior to the etching. Norman wrote to son Jack: I shall take your suggestion as a title of the pen and ink The Comedy
Ends. That other one Death in the Garden I am putting down on copper. |
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