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Emil Orlik: Selbstbildnis im Profil nach Rechts - Self portrait in profile facing right

Selbstbildnis im Profil nach Rechts   -   Self portrait in profile facing right
drypoint with roulette, 1910
Plate/Image Size: 25 x 20.8 cm - (9¾ x 8¼ inches)
Sheet Size: 35.9 x 29.5 cm - (14¼ x 11½ inches)
signed in pencil and dated 1920

probably a late impression, though a very good one; Orlik kept his plates for printing impressions when he needed them and was in the habit of dating them when the impressions were made, not when the plates were made, hence the date on this print
on soft cream wove paper with full margins
apart from a very small hole in the left margin, in excellent condition