The wash, Taormina
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 432
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
25.2 x 17.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
40.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower right at base of sheet, 'The Wash, Toormina'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 709
Subject description
Domestic scene of woman washing clothes outside stone house with simple balcony, Taormina, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92125
Accession number
83.526
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013