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Emil Orlik: Erster Schnee - First Snow

Erster Schnee - First Snow
etching, 1895
Plate/Image Size: 25.7 x 32.1 cm - (10 x 12¾ inches)
Sheet Size: 40 x 54 cm - (15¾ x 21¼ inches)
signed

one of Orlik's earliest known etchings and although the unusually large plate lacks the fine etching technique of later works the subject is brilliantly perceived
on very heavy wove paper; in good condition
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