Marius Bauer - A punishment - Sold

Orientalist etching by the Dutch painter and graphic artist Marie Alexandre Jacques (Marius) Bauer (The Hague, January 25, 1867 - Amsterdam, July 18, 1932). He made numerous etchings, but also watercolors and oil paintings of Eastern cities, camels, elephants, Arabs and mosques. His style can be described as impressionistic. To this end, he made many trips to Eastern countries, and was enabled to do so by the Amsterdam art dealer Elbert Jan van Wisselingh, who paid for his travels abroad, including an allowance to live on. He is therefore called the Netherlands' most famous orientalist. Bauer enjoyed a certain celebrity during his lifetime and received several awards and prizes. His work was widely purchased by private collectors at home and abroad and his etchings are known for their high quality. Three monographs (including De Vries 1944, Kraayenga 2007) and a website (http://www.mariusbauer.nl) were dedicated to him.
The etching offered here “Een Bestrafef” (“A punishment”) is rather rare, signed in pencil at the bottom right, and numbered No 49 (from an edition of 100 prints) at the bottom left. In addition, the etching bears the monogram MB in the plate, bottom left. The etching is framed behind a passe-partout in a simple wooden frame.