Spanish still life

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Spanish still life

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 76

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 184

Date made

1936

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

31.3 x 19.8 cm (printed image)

Support

thin laid paper

Support size

34.4 x 23.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2?

Impression

proof

Edition information

1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 100

Production notes

1st state, before signatur 2nd state, printed signature lwer left.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Spanish Still Life'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower left below signature in black pencil, 'for Alan Queale'. Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'I have all these pots. The beautiful / doll we bought for our Grand daughter'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 184

Subject description

Still life of Spanish wrought iron wallhanging above a Spanish doll, jugs, candelabrum and castanets on a table.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92760

Accession number

83.779

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013