The dancer
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 139
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 511
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
spirit-aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
18.6 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
24.6 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
23/50
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Dancer'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 23 Ed / 50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 511
Subject description
Exotic female dancer posing in Eastern costume.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93089
Accession number
83.925
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
08 Jan 2013