Published 2003 by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
32 pages
297mm x 210mm, softcover, black and white
With essays by David Maskill, Miri Hirschfield, Lizzie Bisley, Danae Mossman, Margriet Willemsen-Thomas, Tamarisk Sutherland, Elizabeth Kay, Julianne Malpas, Louise Roberts, Gabrielle Wilson.
Design by Chrometoaster Ltd.
Printed by Printlink
ISBN 1-877309-01-X

This catalogue was published in association with the exhibition Before Addled Art: The Graphic Art of Lionel Lindsay Latemouth, 2003. Curated by David Maskill and Art History Honours students.

Before Addled Art: The Graphic Art of Lionel Lindsay was the third of a continuing series of exhibition projects organized by Art History Honours students at Victoria University of Wellington in collaboration with the Adam Art Gallery. The exhibition focused on a collection of prints by Australian artist, Lionel Lindsay (1874- 1961). As an artist, writer and critic, Lindsay is well known in Australia, however he has not received the same degree of attention in New Zealand. This is surprising, given that one of the most important collections of his work is in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This collection was given to the former National Art Gallery by the widow of Harold Wright, the artist's London publisher and friend. Lindsay gave most of these works to Wright, who was planning to publish a catalogue of the artist's work, and along with other annotations written by the artist and collector, are personal messages written by Lindsay to his friend.

Considering the extensive holdings of Lindsay's works at Te Papa, it was possible to select works that showcase the very best of Lindsay's graphic art. The fifty-nine works in the exhibition represented Lindsay's entire fine art print oeuvre: from his early Australian etchings of swaggies, to the large Spanish drypoints and his spectacular wood engravings of birds.