Edge of the world.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 12
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 195
Date made
1907
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint and burnishing, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
14.2 x 11.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid paper
Support size
19.3 x 15.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'o' [partial]
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
proof E
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Edge of the World'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof E'. Printed lower left of sheet, 'This was my mascot. Streeton bought a / print for Baldwin Spencer at 1 guinea / + said this very good price it at 3 guineas. / It was sold at Auction for 15 guineas.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 195
Subject description
Nude woman looking towards ocean in Australian coastal landscape.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92739
Accession number
83.771
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