The bathers
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 138
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 423
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, etching and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
19.6 x 14.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
Japanese style paper
Support size
24.6 x 18.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs
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, The Bathers'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'aquatint'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 423
Subject description
Three naked women bathing in a stream.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93062
Accession number
83.916
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
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013