The waiting gondola, Venice

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The waiting gondola, Venice

Other titles

A canal at Venice

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 485

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 668

Date made

1930

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

27.6 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

blue laid paper

Support size

32.8 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression /100

Edition information

State proofs; final state edition of 100, plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Titled in black pencil. 'The Waiting Gondola'. [now detatched from base of support]

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 668

Subject description

Canal scene of gondolas in Venice, Italy.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90863

Accession number

83.428

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | 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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013