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Emil Orlik: Muschelverkäufer in Amsterdam - Mussel Seller in Amsterdam

Muschelverkäufer in Amsterdam   -   Mussel Seller in Amsterdam
colour lithograph, 1899
Plate/Image Size: 14.2 x 12 cm - (5½ x 4¾ inches)
Sheet Size: 19.5 x 15.5 cm - (7¾ x 6 inches)
signed 'Emil Orlik' in pencil inscribed 'Probedruck'

a proof on cream laid paper before the edition of unknbown sizem but certainly very small as this prints is quite scarce; the edition was printed grey laid paper;
this proof has registration crosses in the wide upper and lower margins
with the stamp of the Sachschise Kupferstitchkabinett verso
drawn during Orlik's first visit to England, France, Holland and Belgium this is a vituoso exercise in colour lithography