Femmes damnées

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Femmes damnées

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 32

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 478

Date made

1909

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint and roulette, printed in blue ink, from one plate

Matrix size

8.4 x 26.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

13.2 x 28.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

proof

Edition information

State proofs; final state proposed edition of 25, only a few printed

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, 'Femmes Damnees'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof'.

Subject description

Group of five nude women damned on an island.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

110040

Accession number

81.109

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1980/81 (1981-02-09)

Provenance

KCollection of Keith Kingrove (1910-1995), who formed a major collection of material relating to Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) and the art of Bookplates. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Keith Wingrove, Highgate, South Australia, February 1981.

Credit line

Purchased 1981

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

11 Jan 2013