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Emil Orlik voyaged to North Africa in 1912. He travelled extensively in Egypt and in northern Sudan. Some of the etchings and drypoints he made there he published in an unnumbered portfolio titled “Aus Ägypten” (From Egypt) in 1913, containing 20 etchings. In 1922 another portfolio with the same title was published by the Propyläen Verlag, Berlin in an edition of 115 which contained 15 of the etchings. The soft ground etchings in this series are some of the most accomplished prints made by Orlik. He was obviously fascinated by the desert and its people. The etching Arabischer Märchenerzähler (Arab story teller) is a fine example of his observation of the people and atmosphere of the country. |