The white fan

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The white fan

Other titles

The fan

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 113

Date made

1935

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

16.6 x 22.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin laid paper

Support size

21.2 x 26.7 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

?/100

Edition information

edition of 100

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'The White Fan'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '100'.

Subject description

Two peacocks, one with tail feathers displayed in fan arrangement.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

110071

Accession number

81.119

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1980/81 (1981-02-09)

Provenance

KCollection of Keith Kingrove (1910-1995), who formed a major collection of material relating to Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) and the art of Bookplates. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Keith Wingrove, Highgate, South Australia, February 1981.

Credit line

Purchased 1981

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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