Emil Orlik: Portrait of Richard Strauss
 drypoint, 1916
Plate/Image Size: 27 x 19 cm - (10¾ x 7½ inches)
Sheet Size: 48.5 x 31 cm - (19 x 12¼ inches)
signed ' Orlik' in pencil; inscribed '2 Zust. 1 dr, (2); dated '16, 2.x
a superb nuanced impression of this famous portrait, one of the scarcest of Orlik's depictions of great musicians
one of two rare proof impressions of the second state, before the published edition of 1917 which had the title engraved in the plate and which had alterations, including the colouring of the subject's tie being printed in black
on firm wove paper with full wide margins
in pristine condition
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) one of the foremost composers of the 20th century
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