Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Bread and oil, Jerez de los Caballero, Spain

Date made

1929

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 479

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 671

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 1929 [9s reversed]'. Printed text centre left on wall, 'COMESTIBLES / VENTA DE PAN / ACEITA'.

Matrix size

22.6 x 15.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown, proofs only?

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 479, gives the date as 1930, plate is dated 1929

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

Street scene of man on donkey buying bread and oil from shop, Jerez de los Caballero, Spain.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93242

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013