Point Piper from Cremorne.
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1982), 32
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 716
Date made
1915 – c.1917
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
woodcut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from multiple blocks
Matrix size
24.4 x 17.0 cm (printed image)
Support
cream Japanese paper
Support size
28.2 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
final state
Impression
proof A
Edition information
no edition printed, probably only a few printed
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Point Piper from Cremorne'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'printed from woodblocks / in the Japanese manner proof A'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 716
Subject description
Harbour scene of woman at Cremorne Point looking South across Harbour to Point Piper, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90660
Accession number
83.34
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: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s | 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