Hans Heysen's old studio
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Hans Heysen's first studio, Ambleside, South Australia
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 221
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 387
Date made
1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
11.0 x 15.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
16.0 x 18.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
9/40
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state edition of 40
Production notes
2nd state, plate trimmed on left side resulting in the loss of 'LIONEL' from artist's etched signature.
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, 'To Hans, his old studio'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 9'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 387
Subject description
Rural scene of old shed used by Hans Heysen as his first studio in Ambleside, South Australia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92257
Accession number
83.579
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