Land of the Crow

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Land of the Crow

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 352

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 12

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

24.8 x 30.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

Japanese paper

Support size

29.8 x 35.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

Edition information

final state edition of 35 [60?]

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 352, notes final state edition of 35. NGA 83.572 seems to indicate edition of 60.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Land of the Crow'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'artist proof on Jap [edition] 60'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 12

Subject description

Rural scene of two swagmen carrying billy cans and swags walking down road lined with dead gum trees, accompanied by dog.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92228

Accession number

83.571

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