The wash, Taormina
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 432
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
25.2 x 17.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
laid paper
Support size
37.2 x 24.0 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
Titled lower right at base of sheet, 'The Wash, Toormina 75 proofs'. Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil,'1927'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'S. 295'.
Subject description
Domestic scene of woman washing clothes outside stone house with simple balcony, Taormina, Spain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42326
Accession number
76.1202
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
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