Chinese beauty
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 55
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 629
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
12.8 x 8.3 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white laid paper
Support size
17.4 x 13.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
39/100
Edition information
edition of 100
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Chinese Beauty'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '39'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 629
Subject description
Still life of decorated Chinese ceramic urn with other ornaments.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92940
Accession number
83.862
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
Still life | 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