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Pegasus
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Title |
Pegasus |
Size |
30.5 x 25.4 cm |
Date Published |
1996 |
Reference |
Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue
Raisonné (Odana
Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999, cat.290) |
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| Norman Lindsay translated his passion
for Greek myths into numerous pictures. In Pegasus Lindsay
etched a
group of Grecian figures
dominated by two winged horses. The original Pegasus, a son of Poseidon,
sprang fully formed from the body of the monster Medusa, after she
was slain by the hero Perseus. Athena tamed Pegasus with her golden
bridle and gave him to Bellerophon. The fabulous winged horse has
become a symbol for freedom and unlikely liberation for writers from
Shakespeare to Longfellow. Pegasus was an image made for Norman's
imagination. Rose posed for the figure in the helmet which
Lindsay had made out of papier mache. She is wearing the same
footwear as in Phyllida.
In October 1939 Rose presented a print of Pegasus to the Art Gallery
of New south Wales for exhibition in their newly opened Print Room. |
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