Old Basque houses, San Sebastian, Spain

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Old Basque houses, San Sebastian, Spain

Other titles

Basque houses, San Sebastian, Spain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 421

Date made

1927

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate tone, from one plate

Matrix size

22.6 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

29.4 x 37.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

Published state

Impression

?/75

Edition information

final state, edition of 75

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Basque houses'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'This was the only characteristic old architecture / I could find in San Sebastian L.L.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Basque Houses £[illegible] 620 [within rectangle]'.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90817

Accession number

83.405

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

P & D Colnaghi & Co.X | (1914–) English | Organisation | publisher

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013