N.Eekman - Woman reading

Nicolas Eekman (1889-1973)
«Woman reading» - 1925

Wood engraving/ Camel Paper
Signed lower right
Stamped lower left

Dimensions:
Engraving: 12,5 X 10,3 cm (4,9 X 4,05 in.)
Paper sheet: 17 X 15 cm (6,7 X 5,9 in.)
Frame: : 37,5 X 35,5 cm (14,76 X 14 in.)

Tiny fold on the upper left corner (in the margin)

Nice black wood frame with a white pass

An engraving on the same subject is reproduced in full page
in the book by Emmanuel Bréon (Norma Editions) page 73

Nicolas Eeman is present in many museums: Arhnem - Basel - Berlin - Brussels - Budapest - Chicago - Dordrecht Dresden - Eindhoven - Essen - Glasgow - Hanover - Moscow - Mulheim - Munich - Prague - etc.

Nicolas Eekman
(Brussels August 9, 1889 - Paris November 13, 1973)
Dutch figurative painter, also known in France, in Belgium and in the Netherlands under the name Nico Eekman.

He is draftsman, watercolorist, illustrator and painter. His style is characterized by three major periods: expressionist between 1914 and the late 1920s, realistic Flemish until the early 1950s, then fantastic.