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Emil Orlik: Portrait of Conrad Ansorge

Portrait of Conrad Ansorge
etching, 1914
Plate/Image Size: 25 x 20 cm - (9¾ x 7¾ inches)
Sheet Size: 45 x 31.5 cm - (17¾ x 12½ inches)
signed in pencil and inscribed '2 Zust.. 2 dr.'
Price: GB £400

Approx. US$596 (at 1.49 ) or 468 Euro (at 1.17)

a very fine impression of this early portrait of the musician Conrad Ansorge; Orlik was to make two further portrait prints of Ansorge, a lithograph in 1915 and an etching in 1926; this early etching is rare and we can find no reference to an edition
on wove paper with very wide margins
apart from a very small stain on the lower right hand corner of the sheet, in wonderful condition

Conrad Ansorge : 1862 - 1930. Eminent German pianist, composer and teacher , known for being the teacher of Wilhelm Furtwängler the great conductor