Co Westerik (1924-2018) - Zelfportret met bloem

Artist: Co Westerik (1924–2018), one of the leading postwar realists from the Netherlands.

A detailed self-portrait of the artist with glasses, combined with a smaller study of a child’s face (possibly his daughter Victoria, born in 1957) and a lily flower.

Etching on paper with fine shading and cross-hatching. Notation "hc": On the bottom right near the signature the abbreviation hc is written (Hors Commerce). This means that this particular print was produced outside the regular commercial edition, often intended for the artist themselves or as a gift to a patron.