Desdemona's balcony

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Desdemona's balcony

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 700

Date made

1928

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching

Matrix size

22.6 x 25.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 75

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 441, does not catalogue the printed signature. She notes that it was 'Originally planned as an aquatint. Few printed although 50 of final state planned. Not published. The National Gallery of Australia has 3 impressions all indicating a (proposed?) edition of 75.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings. Gondolas on canal outside a multi-storied house with ornate balconies, Venice, Italy. A women stands on the right balcony. Dessemona is a Venetian beauty in the play Othello by William Shakespeare.

Collection

Castlemaine Art Gallery

Credit line

Estate of Noreen Reidy 2000

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

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012