Japanisches Madchen unter Weidenbaum
by Orlik, Emil

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	Artist:	Orlik, Emil
	Title:	Japanisches Madchen unter Weidenbaum
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1901
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Mitsugiri
	Format (this edition):	Mitsugiri
	DB artwork code:	44375
	Notes (first edition)?:	Colour woodcut, 1901 Catalogue Reference: Schütte 107 Plate/Image Size: 18.4 x 36 cm - (7¼ x 14¼ inches) Sheet Size: 19.3 x 38.2 cm - (7½ x 15 inches) signed and dated in pencil A wonderful, delicate impression on fine laid japan paper with wirelines. This is probably the rarest of the woodcuts made by Orlik in Japan; the number of impressions made is unknown but was surely very small; other known impressions are dated 1901
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Dated 1901, this original Woodblock Print is signed in the lower right hand corner. We have not been able to decipher this artist’s name. This woodblock measures 7 ½ inches by 14 ¼ inches and depicts a Japanese lady admiring a Willow Tree. The glass is missing from the 16 ½ by 23 ¼ inch original wood frame. The wide matte is also original; however, there is a water stain on the right hand side. This early 20th century matte should be replaced anyway.
	Artist Bio:	Emil Orlik (July 21, 1870 - September 28, 1932) was a painter, etcher and lithographer. He was born in Prague, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany. Emil Orlik was the son of a tailor. He first studied art at the private art school of Heinrich Knirr, and from 1891, at the Munich Academy under Wilhelm Lindenschmit. Later he learned engraving from Johann Leonhard Raab and proceeded to experiment with various printmaking processes.[1] After performing his military service in Prague, he returned to Munich, where he worked for the magazine Jugend. He spent most of 1898, travelling through Europe, visiting the Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium, and Paris. During this time he became aware of Japanese art, and the impact it was having in Europe, and decided to visit Japan to learn woodcut techniques. He left for Asia in March 1900, stopping off in Hong Kong, before reaching Japan, where he stayed until February 1901.[1] In 1905 Emil Orlik moved to Berlin and took a post at the "School for Graphic and Book Art" of the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum), now part of the Berlin State Museums.