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Norman Lindsay

(Australia 23 Feb 1879–21 Nov 1969)

Title
Ballet entrance
Year
1918
Media category
Print
Materials used
soft-ground, drypoint, printed in dark blue ink with plate tone on white wove paper
Edition
3rd state, ed. 16/30
Dimensions

25.0 x 24.6cm platemark; 33.1 x 31.8cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed with initials within plate to print l.l., "NL". Signed l.r., pencil "Norman Lindsay". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Sir Kenneth Street 1962
Accession number
DA54.1962
Location
Not on display
Further information

There is one preparatory drawing in pencil and working proofs of all three states, in volume one of Lindsay's working proofs in the State Library of New South Wales.

Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998

Bibliography (4)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2007, 14 (colour illus.). cat.no. 16

Lin Bloomfield (Australia) (Author), Norman Lindsay: watercolours 1897 - 1969, Bungendore, 2003, 48 (illus.). NOTE: this is not the AGNSW print

Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), The legendary Lindsays, Roseville, 1995, 89 (illus.).

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 49 (illus.). cat.no. 37

Exhibition history (3)

Acquisitions 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Apr 1963–12 May 1963.

The Legendary Lindsays, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Jan 1995–26 Feb 1995.

The Legendary Lindsays, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 10 Mar 1995–30 Apr 1995.