The shadow of the vine, Taormina

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The shadow of the vine, Taormina | Date: 1927 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The shadow of the vine, Taormina

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 426

Date made

1927

Place made

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

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Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 716

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

no imprint

Matrix size

25.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, two proofs; 2nd state, one proof; 3rd state, edition of 75

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Vine casting shadow on wall of house, Taormina, Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92064

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: LINDSAY, Lionel | Title: The shadow of the vine, Taormina | Date: 1927 | Technique: drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate | Copyright: Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.496

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

?/75

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