Spangles

1925

Lionel Lindsay

Associated Names
Lionel Lindsay

Artist, Australian, 1874 - 1961

The image depicts a rooster with its tail feathers fanned out, standing next to a wooden texture. The rooster is displayed in black and white with contrasting outlines, while a round bowl is seen on the ground to the right of the rooster. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray. The rooster is centered in the image, facing slightly to the left, with the bowl located in the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.18 × 11.43 cm (5 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 18.89 × 16.35 cm (7 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1552

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mendelssohn 1982, p. 45

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna. The Art of Lionel Lindsay: Volume I, Woodcuts. New South Wales, Australia: Copperfield Publishing Company, 1982, p. 45.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: Lionel Lindsay; lower left in graphite: Lionel Lindsay; lower center in graphite: Spangles; lower right in graphite: 53; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Spangles

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77008777

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