NORTON, Rosaleen (1917-1979) 'The Bells' Signed upper right in pencil. Coloured Pencils & Graphite 65.5x47.5cm
PROVENANCE: Australian Art Auctions, Sydney, 30th March 1992, lot 1442/144L (copy of original receipt supplied); private collection, Sydney.
EXHIBITIONS: Exhibited (likely) Australian Art Society, 10th Annual Exhibition, Sydney 1936, cat #170 'The Bells'. Reviewed in The Bulletin 17th June 1936: "Four decorative designs by Rosaleen Norton are the most striking things in the show; Norman Lindsay's devils are outdevilled in 'The Bells' and 'The Worms of Madness'" Copies of this article and the exhibition catalogue are available.
LITERATURE: Colour plate illustration in 'The Art of Rosaleen Norton; with Poems by Gavin Greenlees,' York Beach Maine: Teitan Press, 2022 (first US softcover edition). This work redrawn by the artist in black and white for the original 1952 edition (ref. Keith Richmond, preface to the softcover edition). Estimate $6,000-10,000