Ariadne

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Ariadne

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 136

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 347

Date made

1917

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

spirit-aquatint, etching, burnishing and roulette, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

16.6 x 13.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove 'O.W.P.&. A.C.L.' paper

Support size

21.6 x 17.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'O.W.P.&. A.C.L.'

State

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

5/40

Edition information

1st state, at least 2 proofs; 2nd state, at least 2 proofs; 3rd state, edition of 40 (50?)

Production notes

Mendelssohn (1987), 136, notes final state planned edition of 50, but not all printed. NGA 1983.587 is inscribed as edition of 40.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed 40'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 5'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 347

Subject description

Mythological scene of nude woman as Ariadne in wooded area near the sea.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

92281

Accession number

83.587

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