The Moorish market, Granada
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 395
Date made
1926
Date details
1927, published
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.4 x 26.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
27.8 x 38.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
?/75
Edition information
final state, edition of 75
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '75'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Moorish Market Place [place crossed out]. Granada'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'Dry p / A62703'. Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, '16948'.
Subject description
Street scene of men with donkeys in courtyard surrounded by columnades. Known as the Alcaiceria, Zoco, Arabic, or Moorish market, Granada, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40935
Accession number
77.714.14
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013