Desdemona's balcony

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Desdemona's balcony

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 441

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 700

Date made

1928

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, drypoint printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

22.6 x 25.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin wove paper

Support size

28.4 x 20.7 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

?/75

Edition information

edition of 75

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 441, does not catalogue the printed signature. She notes that it was 'Originally planned as an aquatint. Few printed although 50 of final state planned. Not published. The National Gallery of Australia has 3 impressions all indicating a (proposed?) edition of 75.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Desdemona's Balcony'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '75'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 443 Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '4.4. [4 guineas] [erased]

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings. Gondolas on canal outside a multi-storied house with ornate balconies, Venice, Italy. A women stands on the right balcony. Dessemona is a Venetian beauty in the play Othello by William Shakespeare.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93191

Accession number

83.96

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