WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
10.06.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
50000USD $ 50 000
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1422627
Lot 27 | WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlor
relief-etching and white-line engraving, on wove paper, without watermark, circa 1822, Bindman's second, final, state, (the impression in the first state, sold in the Rinder sale at Christie’s in 1995, is thought to be unique), with the hatching in the lower left corner and right edge now complete, a fine, richly inked impression, with very good contrasts and clarity, even in the finest lines, with margins, in very good condition, framed
Plate: 3 ¼ x 6 3/8 in. (83 x 162 mm.)
Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (111 x 194 mm.)
Literature
The Separate Plates of William Blake, Essick, XX, Impression 2G; The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake, Bindman, 619b
| Artist: | William Blake (1757 - 1827) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving, Etching |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | William Blake (1757 - 1827) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving, Etching |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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