Portrait of George Bernard Shaw

Medium: Drypoint, 1907
Catalogue reference: D. Strang 589, third state of three
Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi, Portraits of Artists, Writers and Musicians, 1976; D. Burke; probably also originally with H. Stinnes, inscribed in pencil in the lower margin “Besonders schönes Druck” (especially fine impression)
Condition: A brilliant impression with rich burr, printed on machine-made cream laid paper with watermark OWP & AOL, with narrow margins. A soft handling crease in the upper right quadrant, otherwise in very good condition.
Size: 408 × 280mm
Additional notes: No other impression of this subject has appeared in over 20 years.
Price: $900 USD