The bathers
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 138
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 351
Date made
1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, roulette, aquatint, printed in green-black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
10.6 x 7.3 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
16.7 x 11.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state, edition of 50, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay' Not dated. Titled lower right below printed image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'The bathers'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left at base of sheet in black pencil, 'The Pool?'. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil [by Queale?], 'Early aquatint'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 351.
Subject description
Three naked women bathing in a stream surrounded by leafy trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93065
Accession number
83.917
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
08 Jan 2013