A Barye bronze
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Other titles
Bronze by Barye
Pheasant
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 319
Date made
1924
Place made
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching printed in brown ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
9.3 x 12.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
15.0 x 17.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
24/50
Edition information
state proofs; final state edition of 50 [75?]
Production notes
Mendelssohn (1987), 319, notes final state edition of 75 and notes some impressions give edition as 50
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, 'A Barye bronze'.
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 24/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 359
Subject description
An etching by Lionel Lindsay of a small bronze sculpture of a pheasant by the French sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875).
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92290
Accession number
83.591
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
18 Oct 2024