Polar Bear
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 156
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 601
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
17.4 x 22.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thin laid paper
Support size
20.8 x 25.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Polar Bear'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '3.3.0 [3 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 601
Subject description
Polar bear playing with seal.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92886
Accession number
83.835
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 category
Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Date corrected to 1931 by Robert Littlewood
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist