Beauty's fortune.
Primary Artist
Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)
Title
Reference
Bloomfield (1998), 213
Date made
1920
Place made
New South Wales, Australia, View on map Close map
Category
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