Etching on paper
Germany, around 1920Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Austrian painter and drawer
Signed lower right “Orlik”
Provided with the artist’s stamp lower left
Provenance: From an extensive Düsseldorf private collection
Overall dimensions 23.5 x 16.5 cm
Very good condition
Prints by Emil Orlik fetch up to €8.300 at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.

This fantastic etching by the German painter Emil Orlik shows a crowd of people watching very amused an event that remains hidden from the spectator. Judging by the way, how the audience is dressed and by the binocular, one of the men is holding in front of his eyes, it might be a play or an opera they are entertained by.



The etching is in very good condition. It is signed lower right “Orlik” and provided with the artist’s stamp lower left. The overall dimensions are 23.5 x 16.5 cm.



Emil Orlik (1870-1932)

Emil Orlik was born in Prague as the son of a master tailor and initially studied at the private painting school of Heinrich Knirr in Munich as well as the Academy of Fine Arts there. He returned to Prague in 1894. He was strongly influenced by a journey to Japan in 1900/1901; when he returned to Europe, he moved to Vienna and joined the Vienna Secession. A year later he was called on to be a professor at the state school of the Berlin museum of applied arts and was appointed as head of the graphic art class. Among his students were George Grosz, Hannah Höch, Oskar Nerlinger and Josef Fenneker. Orlik was active in Berlin throughout his life, although he frequently undertook trips abroad among others to China, Korea and Japan.

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