Details
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944)
Extase
woodcut, 1922, (counterproof ?), on thin Japan, signed and dated in pencil and dedicated Voor Jo van, with wide margins, glued down to the mount at the upper sheet corners, a tip of the lower left sheet corner torn not affecting the image, very slight foxing, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 320 x 138 mm.
and An impression in blue of the same, in reverse, on brown textile, signed in pencil on the cardboard backing, probably a rare proof impression (2)
Extase
woodcut, 1922, (counterproof ?), on thin Japan, signed and dated in pencil and dedicated Voor Jo van, with wide margins, glued down to the mount at the upper sheet corners, a tip of the lower left sheet corner torn not affecting the image, very slight foxing, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 320 x 138 mm.
and An impression in blue of the same, in reverse, on brown textile, signed in pencil on the cardboard backing, probably a rare proof impression (2)
Literature
cf. E.H. Ariëns Kappers, S. Jessurun de Mesquita, Amsterdam, 1984, p. 34, where another impression, possibly also a counterproof, is illustrated