An old Venetian house
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 396
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
25.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
40.4 x 29.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
Published state
Impression
?/60
Edition information
final state, edition of 60
Production notes
A study of 'Old Venetian House', in NGA sketchbook 77.346.2.26 NGA has three impressions of this print, only one has the printed signature. This could be a state changes on selective wiping of the plate. Perhaps there was an Australian and English edition.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, Old Venetian House'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '60'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Old Venetian House'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Dry p'. Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, '42 16945'.
Subject description
Scene of gondolas in canal outside house with balcony, Venice, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40939
Accession number
77.714.16
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist