The guitar player

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'The guitar player' | Date: 1920 | Technique: b'etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The guitar player

Other titles

Serenade

Date made

1920

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 220

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 187

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

17.6 x 10.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

final state, edition of 50, plus proofs

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

Man in Spanish costume singing and playing guitar in the street.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90926

Creators

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

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'The guitar player' | Date: 1920 | Technique: b'etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.458

State

published state

Impression

35/50

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Artist: b'LINDSAY, Lionel' | Title: b'The guitar player' | Date: 1920 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink, from one plate' | Copyright: b'Courtesy of the National Library of Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.427

State

published state

Impression

proof on H.C.I. Portal paper

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