The plant auction, Hunter Street
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
The plant auction, Hunter Street
Other titles
The old plant auction
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 96
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 499
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Text printed from matrix
No imprint. Printed text on building centre left, 'L.M. LAUHLIN / PLUMBER'. Printed text on pole centre, 'ASCOT HEIGHTS / KENSINGTON'.
Matrix size
16.2 x 20.2 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
State proofs, final state edition of 50, plus additional 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
Men bidding for plants at auction at back of commercial premises with clock tower in background, Hunter Street, Sydney.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
92556
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 83.701
State
3rd state of 3?; published state
Impression
undesignated proof
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