The Permanent Collection

Portrait bust of famous poet Theodor Fontane. Fontane is widely regarded as one of the most important German realist authors of the 18th century, due to his desire to portray factual accuracy and discuss what was then regarded as taboo to polite society of the 1800's.

A self portrait of artist Edgar Degas done in drypoint etching.

This particular piece is incredibly rare, much like the rest of Edgar Degas' etched pieces. 11 proofs from four states of this print were done before the cancellation of this plate.

The plate impression was published by Ambroise Vollard, a notable French contemporary art dealer famous for his discovery of the artist Paul Cézanne and his works, along with multiple other notable artists including Edgar Degas.

This edition is from a series of 150 cancelled plate impressions of the self portrait, published by Vollard after Degas death.