| SAMUEL JESSURUN DE MESQUITA 1868 – 1944 |
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| Lady with a mask in profile. |
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| Woodcut, c. 1899. |
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Signed in the image in pencil “Mesquita”
As well as monogram “M” in
the block.
16.8 x 11.5 cm with margin.
Printed on chine Volant and mounted by the artist. |
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Very rare. Around 1898/99 when Mesquita started to make name as a graphic artist, he made a series of prints, most
of them woodcuts and primarily depicting women. |
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Most of the prints were in an exhibition at Bing’s in Paris
and illustrated in “Dekorative Kunst” in 1899.
Van Es (Gemeente Museum
Den Haag) H 011 |
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