Thief of the moon.

Primary Artist

Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)

Title

Thief of the moon.

Source

From Thief of the moon, by Kenneth Slessor. Sydney: Kirtley Press, 1923

Date made

1924

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 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

10.2 x 8.3 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

17.2 x 14.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

142/150

Edition information

edition of 150

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Norman Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'No 142'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left in black pencil, 'To Keith Wingrove/ with J Kirtley's/ sincere regards'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

3088

Accession number

95.422

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1994/95 (1995-06-28)

Provenance

Gift to Keith Wingrove, from the printer, J Kirtley. Collection 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 National Gallery of Australia, from Keith Wingrove, Highgate, South Australia, June 1995.

Credit line

Purchased 1995

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Norman | (1879–1969) Australian | Male | artist

KIRTLEY, John | (1897–1967) Male | publisher

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013