Femmes damnées
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
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
Category
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