Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Femmes damnées

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 32

Date made

1909

Place made

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

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 478

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette, printed in blue/black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'L.L. [initials in monogram within circle]'. Printed lower left within image, 'Comme une batuel passif / sur le sable couchees Elles tourment leurs yeux verts / l'horizons des maests'.

Matrix size

8.4 x 26.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs; final state proposed edition of 25, only a few printed

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

Group of five nude women damned on an island.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92733

Creators

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

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025