The clipped wing
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Depression
Melancholy
The broken wing
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 102
Date made
1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
14.1 x 10.9 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
20.0 x 16.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Clipped Wing'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 72
Subject description
Bird with clipped wing sitting on a branch.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92828
Accession number
83.811
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013