The barber of Bou-Saada, Algeria
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The barber of Bou-Saada, Algeria
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 458 iii/iii
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 224
Date made
1929
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.8 x 27.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
29.4 x 45.9 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rd state of 3
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, 3 proofs; 2nd state, 1 proof; 3rd state, edition of 100, plus proofs
Production notes
There is a pencil drawing of two Arabs at Bou Saada in NGA collection.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay' Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Barber of Bousaack [sic] / Algeria'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'I spoke to the barber after making my drawing / and found that his razor was a Sheffield / carving knife'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 224
Subject description
Street scene of man on camel passing barber's street shop, Bou-Saada, Algeria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90888
Accession number
83.439
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