His only pair.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 542
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 171
Date made
1937
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.3 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
26.4 x 18.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
8/75
Edition information
edition of 75 planned but not completed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'His only Pair'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '8/75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 171
Subject description
Rural scene of man sitting under a tree on his swag mending his only pair of trousers while his billy boils.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90964
Accession number
83.472
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