Old Master Through Contemporary Prints
by Swann Auction Galleries
Platinum House 642 lots with images
2004
Lot 1: GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH-CENTURY
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Description: The Crucifixion.Woodcut. 422x273 mm; 16 5/8x10 3/4 inches, small to thread margins. The letter M in a circle watermark.According to both Schreiber and Nagler, the presence of the Augsburg coat-of-arms in the lower center of the image next to the artist's name "Claus" refers to the Augsburg artist Claus Wolff Strigel as the author of this work.An extremely scarce print; we have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Schreiber 947.
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Lot 2: GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH-CENTURY
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Description: Saint Jerome with the Lion.Woodcut with hand coloring in watercolor, circa 1450. 192x132 mm; 7 5/8x5 1/4 inches, thread margins. A very good, evenly printed impression with strong color. An extremely scarce single-sheet image in this large scale. Schreiber 1547a; Heitz 11.
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Lot 3: GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH-CENTURY
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Description: The Virgin and Child in Glory, on a Crescent Moon.Woodcut with hand coloring in watercolor, circa 1475. 38x27 mm; 1 1/2x1 1/8 inches. Ex-collection Thomas Olive Mabbott (see Lugt supplement 2447b), his sale Sotheby's, London, June, 1969, lot 51; this impression cited in Schreiber. A very good impression, with vibrant contemporary coloring. Schreiber 1097.
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Lot 4: MARTIN SCHONGAUER
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Description: Christ Crowned with Thorns.Engraving, circa 1480. 163x115 mm; 6 3/8x4 1/2 inches, thread margins. Ex-collection Hirschler (Lugt Supplement 633a, verso). From the Passion. A very good, richly-inked impression on thin cream laid paper. Bartsch 13; Lehrs 23.
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Lot 5: MARTIN SCHONGAUER
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Description: Christ before Pilate.Engraving, circa 1480. 161x117 mm; 6 3/8x4 5/8 inches. Flower watermark (Lehrs 2). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark, with part of the original black border line preserved at the upper, lower and right edges. A very good, dark and richly-inked impression of this scarce print. Bartsch 14; Lehrs 24.
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