Otto Wols (Otto Alfred Wolfgang Schulze, known as) (German, 1913–1951) Gesicht (Face). (Print for C. Bryen, Baleine-Ville, 1945). Drypoint and etching. 95 x 115 [170 x 219]. Busch 25. Very fine print on vellum, annotated “Artist’s proof,” then inscribed “to Chatté” and signed in pencil. Very faint traces of marginal oxidation. Annotation at the bottom of the reverse in the hand of Arsène Bonafous-Murat: “Gifted by Dr. V[adim] Cotlenko 04.78,” signed with his initials. Full margins. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). Vadim Cotlenko (1918–1995), a physician by profession, opened a small print shop later in life across from Arsène Bonafous-Murat’s shop on Rue de l’Échaudé (Paris 6th arrondissement). He was particularly fond of the old ornamental engravers. Two posthumous prints of this subject are known (1962 and 1963), each in an edition of 50, one of which served as an invitation card for the Galerie Europe.