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PORTRAIT OF EDGAR COLLIN. BACHE, OTTO. 1839-1927. Edgar Collin. Original portrait drawing, charcoal and gouache on paper, image 1
PORTRAIT OF EDGAR COLLIN. BACHE, OTTO. 1839-1927. Edgar Collin. Original portrait drawing, charcoal and gouache on paper, image 2
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PORTRAIT OF EDGAR COLLIN.
BACHE, OTTO. 1839-1927.
Edgar Collin. Original portrait drawing, charcoal and gouache on paper,

21 – 29 April 2025, 12:00 EDT
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PORTRAIT OF EDGAR COLLIN.

BACHE, OTTO. 1839-1927. Edgar Collin. Original portrait drawing, charcoal and gouache on paper, 620 x 500 mm, signed in pencil ("Otto Bache Pinx") at lower right, a few horizontal creases, minor scuffs, and curling, mounted to back of mat. Matted with oval cut-out, framed.

Edgar Collin (1836-1906) was the son of Edvard Collin (1808-1886), Andersen's closest friend early in his life and the inspiration for "The Little Mermaid," written just on the heels of Collin's engagement to his wife. Edvard himself was also the son of Andersen's greatest patron Jonas Collin (1776-1861). In Andersen's original version of "The Little Mermaid," the mermaid, spurned by her human prince, alone and unloved dissolves into seafoam. In this telling, Andersen is the mermaid, and Edvard his prince. Remarkably, Andersen remained intimate with the Collin family throughout his life, and in the 1850s travelled extensively with Edvard's sons Edgar and Jonas.

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