The black cat

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The black cat

Date made

1922

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 146

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 729

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block; touched with brush and black ink

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'.

Matrix size

18.2 x 15.3 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 100, plus proofs

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Black cat in front of a sunlit wll, with nasturtiums and a climbing rose.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92077

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.502

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

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