A street in Cairo; Alladin; A Persian Festival (van W. 204, 205 and 209)

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(3) Marius Bauer (Dutch, 1867-1932)
A street in Cairo; Alladin; A Persian Festival (van W. 204, 205 and 209)
three etchings, 1890 and 1893, on simili Japon, each signed with initials in pencil, all numbered from the edition of 100 published by E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, with margins, mountstaining, some rubbing, Van W. 205 with two skinned patches in the upper margin, remains of former mounting on the reverse, few lesser defects
S. 548 x 698 mm. and larger (3)

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Lot Essay

The present lot consists of three large etchings which Marius Bauer initially printed on the press of Phillippe Zilcken in a printrun of 10 or 20 copies. There was no more interest for these prints at the time. Later on Van Wisselingh completed the editon up to a number of 100 copies of each title.

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