Femmes damnées
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 32
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 478
Date made
1909
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette, printed in blue/black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
8.4 x 26.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
13.1 x 30.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
State proofs; final state proposed edition of 25, only a few printed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Inscribed lower left edge of sheet in black pencil, '1912' Titled lower left edge of sheet in black pencil, 'Femmes Damnes'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 478
Subject description
Group of five nude women damned on an island.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92733
Accession number
83.768
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