"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) POR

"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) PORWoodcut, ca. 1920's 30's, ed. 100, signed & numbered in pencil, on warm white wove J Perrigo paper, with large margins, some soiling & repaired edge tears. A large diagonal crease to the lower left corner & a horizontal crease at left center edge just touching the subject's hair. Antoine Francois Cosyns was born in Malines, Belgium, and worked primarily as an illustrator supplying drawings and prints for deluxe editions of books in France during the

There is a hint of Whistler and Roussel in the cropping and frontality of this composition

Hermansader preferred a modernist vision in contrast to the older artists' more traditional work

Adolf Dehn

This fine subject

printed on cream colored satin

and was an important member of the storied community of artists living in Westport

in Middletown

on cream wove paper

a proof before all letters

on cream wove paper watermarked umbria Italia with a crown

signed & inscribed in pencil

signed in white pencil by the artist and the printer