The crab

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The crab

Other titles

The blue crab

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 155

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 750

Date made

1931

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

14.4 x 21.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin laid paper

Support size

19.6 x 25.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

29/100

Edition information

edition of 100

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'The Crab'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '29/100'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 53

Subject description

Study of a crab on a sea rock.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92882

Accession number

83.833

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 category

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