Willi Geiger (Schönbrunn 1878-1971 Munich)
Portrait of Heinrich Mann
1921
etching on copperplate paper
20,6 x 15 cm (plate); 36,6 x 26,4 cm (sheet)
signed in pencil lower right: "Geiger"
inscribed in pencil lower left: "1. Zust. 1. Pr.Dr." ["State 1, Proof Impression 1"]
The Daulton Collection
A rare proof (indeed, the first impression) of the first state of this etching; an untouched, brilliant print with deeply embossed plate edge and wonderfully silky shimmering plate tone and the full margins.
Provenance: the Heinrich Stinnes collection, with the collector's stamp lower left (Lugt 4437) and the typical handwritten inscriptions by Stinnes on the right lower edge.
