Dancer and guitarist

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Dancer and guitarist

Reference

Mendelssohn (1982), 32

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 717

Date made

1915 – c.1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from multiple blocks; with highlights in watercolour

Matrix size

17.2 x 13.6 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

19.6 x 15.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof A

Edition information

no edition printed, about 25 proofs recorded

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Dancer and Guitarist'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'proof A/ printed from woodblocks / in the Japanese manner'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 717

Subject description

Spanish female dancer and Spanish guitarist before a performance.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90658

Accession number

83.339

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: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s | 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