Beauty's fortune.

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Primary Artist

Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)

Title

Beauty's fortune.

Reference

Bloomfield (1998), 213

Date made

1920

Place made

New South Wales, Australia, View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, engraving, aquatint and stipple, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

32.8 x 26.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

Edition information

edition of 50

Matrix status

collection Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Subject description

Old woman reading the fortune by cards of young nude woman, in company of semi-nude women. Peacock screen in background.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

45428

Accession number

65.124

Accession method

Bequest

Provenance

Oscar Paul. Bequest to the C.A.A.B., from Mrs Henriette von Dallwitz legatee of Richard Paul after reinbursement to estate, to fulfill Richard Paul's intentions, 1965.

Credit line

The Oscar Paul Collection, Gift of Henriette von Dallwitz and of Richard Paul in honour of his father 1965.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Norman | (1879–1969) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012