"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) POR There is a hint of

There is a hint of Whistler and Roussel in the cropping and frontality of this composition

a proof before all letters

signed in white pencil by the artist and the printer

in Middletown

on cream wove paper watermarked umbria Italia with a crown

"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) POR There is a hint ofWoodcut, ca. 1920's 30's, ed. 100, signed & numbered in pencil, on warm white wove J Perrigo paper, with large margins, some soiling & repaired edge tears. A large diagonal crease to the lower left corner & a horizontal crease at left center edge just touching the subject's hair. Antoine Francois Cosyns was born in Malines, Belgium, and worked primarily as an illustrator supplying drawings and prints for deluxe editions of books in France during the