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Emil Orlik: Näherin - Seamstress

Näherin - Seamstress
colour woodcut, 1896
Plate/Image Size: 16.1 x 15.6 cm - (6¼ x 6¼ inches)
Sheet Size: 17 x 16.5 cm - (6¾ x 6½ inches)
monogramed in the block

a brilliant impression light wove paper; in very good condition
plate 30 from 'Kleine Holzschnitte' (Small Wooduts), the scarce album of early woodcuts; ;
this is an outstanding example of Orlik's early figure studies