Plate for "The sundowner"

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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Plate for "The sundowner"

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 253

Date made

1921

Place made

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

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Category

Matrix

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etched copper plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 24.6 cm (printing plate)

State

2nd state of 2?; published state

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscription typed in black ink on sheet of cream paper previously taped to back of etching plate, 'THE SUNDOWNER. / This is the bitten copper plate from which was pulled the aquatint THE SUNDOWNER / The face of it has been cleaned for / printing but the protective varnish has been allowed / to remain on the back of it.'.

Subject description

The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

93432

Accession number

83.1053

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

04 Jan 2013