The plant auction, Hunter Street

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

The plant auction, Hunter Street

Other titles

The old plant auction

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 96

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 499

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

No imprint. Printed text on building centre left, 'L.M. LAUHLIN / PLUMBER'. Printed text on pole centre, 'ASCOT HEIGHTS / KENSINGTON'.

Matrix size

16.2 x 20.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

State proofs, final state edition of 50, plus additional proofs

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Men bidding for plants at auction at back of commercial premises with clock tower in background, Hunter Street, Sydney.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

92556

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.701

State

3rd state of 3?; published state

Impression

undesignated proof

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