Beauty's fortune.
Primary Artist
Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)
Title
Reference
Bloomfield (1998), 213
Date made
1920
Place made
New South Wales, Australia, View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, engraving, aquatint and stipple, printed in dark blue ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
32.8 x 26.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
42.0 x 33.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
11/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Matrix status
collection Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated in black pencil, lower right 'Norman Lindsay 1920'. Inscribed in black pencil, No 11 Beauty's Fortune'
Subject description
Old woman reading the fortune by cards of young nude woman, in company of semi-nude women. Peacock screen in background.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
82591
Accession number
70.177
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
C.A.A.B. Meeting (1970-12-07)
Provenance
Gift to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.], from S.H. Ervin, Sydney, 1970
Credit line
Gift of S.H. Ervin 1970
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Norman | (1879–1969) Australian | Male | artist