Repose

1938

Lionel Lindsay

Associated Names
Lionel Lindsay

Artist, Australian, 1874 - 1961

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows two peacocks perched on branches in a natural setting. The artwork is done using a detailed monochrome technique, highlighting the patterns on the peacocks' plumage. The birds are sitting on tree branches with leafy vines, and their tails elegantly cascade down. Below the birds, there are some flowers, and the use of light and shadow adds a dramatic effect to the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 × 15.1 cm (8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8938

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mendelssohn 1982, pp. 116-117

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Fowler, Alfred. Catalogue Raisonné of The Woodcut Society. Kansas City, MO: The Woodcut Society, 1942, no. 13.

1982

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna. The Art of Lionel Lindsay: Volume I, Woodcuts. New South Wales, Australia: Copperfield Publishing Company, 1982, pp. 116-117.

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, p. 144, no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: Lionel Lindsay; lower left in graphite: Lionel Lindsay; lower right in graphite: 200

Wikidata ID

Q65023064

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