The black cat

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The black cat

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 146

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 729

Date made

1922

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block; touched with brush and black ink

Matrix size

18.2 x 15.3 cm (printed image)

Support

Japanese paper

Support size

24.6 x 19.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

Edition information

edition of 100, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'The Black Cat'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'artist proof'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, '3.3.0 [3 guineas] 887 [within rectangle]'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 729

Subject description

Black cat in front of a sunlit wll, with nasturtiums and a climbing rose.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92077

Accession number

83.502

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

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist