Ariadne

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Ariadne

Date made

1917

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 136

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 347

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint, etching, burnishing and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

16.6 x 13.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

1st state, at least 2 proofs; 2nd state, at least 2 proofs; 3rd state, edition of 40 (50?)

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 136, notes final state planned edition of 50, but not all printed. NGA 1983.587 is inscribed as edition of 40.

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

Mythological scene of nude woman as Ariadne in wooded area near the sea.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92281

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.587

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

5/40

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