Ibis

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Ibis

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 384

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 358

Date made

1923 – c.1925

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

7.6 x 9.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

9.7 x 14.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

unknown state

Impression

working proof

Edition information

a few proofs, not published

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'line Engraving unfinished'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 358

Subject description

Study of an ibis with head turned towards tail.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90759

Accession number

83.379A

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