The Ocean Wave Hotel, Sydney
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Ocean View hotel.
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 71
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 80
Date made
1912
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one platae
Matrix size
16.4 x 20.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick wove F.J. Head & Co. paper
Support size
20.4 x 25.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, 'F.J. Head & Co'.
State
2nd state of 3; not published
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, proofs only; 3rd state, edition of 50, plus additional artist's proofs
Production notes
There are three states. 1st state of 3 Massive cumulus cloud in background. Dog in cetre foreground, all black. Chimney shown upper right edge. 2nd state of 3 Removal of massive cloud. Dog now has spots. Right side of plate cut to remove chimney. 3rd state of 3 Dog now all white [ill. Art in Australia, 3: 23 March 1928, plate 21]
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, 'Ocean Wave'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'artist's proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 80
Subject description
Street scene of sailors and women outside the Ocean Wave hotel, possibly corner of Gloucester and Essex Streets, The Rocks, Sydney with St Philip's church in background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92510
Accession number
83.678
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