Femmes damnées

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Femmes damnées

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 32

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 478

Date made

1909

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette, printed in blue/black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

8.4 x 26.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

13.1 x 30.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

2nd state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

State proofs; final state proposed edition of 25, only a few printed

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Inscribed lower left edge of sheet in black pencil, '1912' Titled lower left edge of sheet in black pencil, 'Femmes Damnes'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 478

Subject description

Group of five nude women damned on an island.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92733

Accession number

83.768

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