ID 1027850
Lot 12 | ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Valeur estimée
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Rhinoceros
woodcut
1515
on laid paper, watermark Anchor in a Circle (Meder 171)
a very fine, sharp and clear impression from the First Edition (of eight)
printed and published by the artist
Block & Sheet 212 x 300 mm.
Provenance
August Artaria (1807-1893), Vienna (Lugt 33); his posthumous sale, Artaria & Co., Vienna, 6-13 May 1896, lot 229 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck des ersten Zustandes, vor allen Plattensprüngen, auf Papier mit dem Anker im Kreis (H. 30), ohne den Text. Selten.') (Kr. 29; to Kennedy).
Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stocknumber a26988(?) in pencil verso), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Paul J. Sachs (1878-1965), New York and Cambridge, Mass. (Lugt 2091).
Kunsthandel Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main.
Acquired from the above on 12 December 1989, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. von Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur, Vienna, vol. VII, 1808, no. 136, p. 147.
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 273.
W. L. Strauss, ed., The Illustrated Bartsch, New York, vol. X, 1981, no. 336, pp. 414-416 (another impression illustrated).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. II, 2002, (Holzschnitte und Holzschnittfolgen), no. 241, pp. 420-424 (another impression illustrated).
ADDITIONAL SELECTED LITERATURE:
E. Panofsky, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer, New Jersey, 1943, p. 192.
G. Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints, exh. cat., London, 1995, no. 35, pp. 49 & 50 (another impression illustrated).
G. Bartrum, Dürer and his Legacy, exh. cat., London, 2002, no. 243 (another impression illustrated).
S. Dackerman, ‘Dürer’s Indexical Fantasy: The Rhinoceros and Printmaking’, in Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, London, 2011, no. 35, pp. 164-183 (another impression illustrated).
J. Sander, ed., Albrecht Dürer: His Art in Context, exh. cat., Frankfurt am Main, 2013, no. 12.8, pp. 306 & 307 (another impression illustrated).
| Artiste: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Gravure sur bois |
| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Plastique |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Allemagne, Europe |
| Artiste: | Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Gravure sur bois |
| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Plastique |
| Style artistique: | Vieux Maître |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, Allemagne, Europe |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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