A smithy, Avila, Spain

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

A smithy, Avila, Spain

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 401

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 690

Date made

1926

Date details

1927, published

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

20.0 x 26.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

28.2 x 39.8 cm (sheet)

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

1st state, 4 proofs; 2nd state, edition of 60

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated.

Subject description

Village scene of mules and wagon outside a blacksmith's shop, Avila, Spain.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

40937

Accession number

77.714.15

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.

Credit line

Purchased 1977

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

04 Jan 2013