The Chinese basket
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 59
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 609
Date made
1924
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
9.6 x 13.4 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.4 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/100
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 centre below printed image in black pencil, 'The Chinese basket'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '2.2 [2 guineas]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 730
Subject description
Still life of basket of vegetables including lettuce and onions.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92075
Accession number
83.501
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
Still life | 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