Large Original Etching - SIGNED

Impressive original ca. 1914 etching of the legendary cellist shown tuning his cello, signed and titled within the plate and hand signed and inscribed in pencil by the subject himself.  Wear to edges, losses to lower margin and lower right corner. horizontal tear to lower right, light dampstaining. Most of these faults (as shown in first image) could be easily matted out of sight for presentation purposes and overall in very good condition.  15 x 17 inches (38.1 x 43.2 cm.).

The Austrian printmaker, photographer and portrait painter Ferdinand Schmutzer came from a well-known family of Viennese artists; his great-grandfather, Jacob Matthias Schmutzer, was the founder of the "K. K. Kupferstecher-Academie" in Vienna.  Schmutzer's interest in etching developed while studying in the Netherlands, where he was influenced by Rembrandt's works.  In 1901 he became a member of the Vienna Secession, and in 1908 was appointed as a professor at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna.  He was the first to work with oversized plates—an innovation which was hitherto unknown in the field of etching. (21210)

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