ID 1250740
Lot 6 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
The Small Woodcut Passion
the complete set of 36 woodcuts, with the title-page, lacking the colophon
1508-10
on laid paper, 18 sheets with watermark High Crown (Meder 20), the others without watermark
a fine, uniform set from the Latin text edition
published by the artist, Nuremberg, 1511
very good to fine impressions
printing clearly and strongly, with great contrasts
with small margins
in very good condition
Block 127 x 98 mm., Sheet 137 x 106 mm. (and similar)
Mount 439 x 310 mm. (each)
Provenance
Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 1687, recto); possibly his posthumous sale, Sonnius, Lankrink et Thompson, London, 11 April 1688 (and following days) (Meder 125 only).
Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (similar to Lugt 1651); presumably his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 December 1876 (and following days), lot 480 ('Vorzügliche Abdruck der Ausgabe mit Lateinische Text vom Jahre 1511, durch das erwähnte Schlussblatt von seltener Vollständigkeit. Sämtliche Blatter haben Papierrand. Bei dem äußerst seltenen Originaltitel ist rechts das Weiße Papier verschnitten und ergänzt') (Meder 126-161).
Private English Collection.
Literature
Bartsch 17-52; Meder, Hollstein 125-161; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 187-222
Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
Artist: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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Applied technique: | Woodcut |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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