Repose
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
The peacocks
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 116
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 606
Date made
1934
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
22.6 x 14.9 cm (printed image)
Support
thin laid paper on cream wove paper
Support size
27.8 x 19.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/200
Edition information
1st edition of 100, 1934; 2nd edition of 200 for Woodcut Society, Kansas City, USA, 1938
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, 'Repose'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '200'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 606
Subject description
Two peacocks resting in a tree.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92836
Accession number
83.815
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