reitsma-valencaThere is no doubt that Engelien Reitsma Valena together with the more renown M. C. Escher belongs to the top Dutch graphic artists in the first half of the twentieth century. She has an ironclad reputation as an engraver, especially her portraits executed in this mode are of the highest order. This richly illustrated monograph situates her work within the context of her life and times. Both in her professional and in her private life, Reitsma Valena