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Emil Orlik: Portrait of Joseph Pennell

Portrait of Joseph Pennell
etching, 1924
Plate/Image Size: 25 x 20 cm - (9¾ x 7¾ inches)
Sheet Size: 31 x 24.5 cm - (12¼ x 9¾ inches)
signed in pencil

on wove paper with full margins
in excellent condition

Joseph Pennell (1857 - 1926) was American born. He lived and travelled widely in Europe from 1885 and was a prolific print-maker, illustrating the many books on their travels which he wrote together with his wife Elizabeth. They also wrote a biography of his mentor James McNeil Whistler