Chardon

c. 1930

Lionel Lindsay

Associated Names
Lionel Lindsay

Artist, Australian, 1874 - 1961

The image shows a detailed illustration of delicate, feathery foliage in a monochromatic color palette of white against a black background. The foliage is the largest object in the center, spreading outward in various directions with longer leaves at the top corners and shorter leaves cascading downward.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.08 × 14.13 cm (5 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.75 × 17.3 cm (8 9/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1551

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mendelssohn 1982, p. 70

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H. Lester Hunt; 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. 70.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: Lionel Lindsay; lower left in graphite: Lionel Lindsay / To H Lester Hunt; lower right in graphite: 100; lower center edge in graphite: Chardon

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77008776

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