April 25, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2277 - Old Master Through Modern Prints - begins at 10:30am in New York on Wed, April 25. All material in Sale 2277 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Fri, April 20: 10am to 6pm - Sat, April 21: 10am to 4pm - Mon, April 23: 10am to 6pm - Tues, April 24: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY The Nativity.
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Description: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY The Nativity. Engraving, circa 1500. 145x97 mm; 5 3/4x3 7/8 inches, narrow margins. A good, dark impression.
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Lot 2: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY Christ on the Mount of Olives.
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Description: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY Christ on the Mount of Olives. Metalcut printed in black on cream laid paper, circa 1470-80. 129x91 mm; 5x3 5/8 inches, thread margins. A superb, dark impression of this extremely scarce, early print. Schreiber, Die Meister der Metallschneidekunst, 1927, VII (illustrated).
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Lot 3: MARTIN SCHONGAUER The Adoration of the Magi.
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Description: MARTIN SCHONGAUER The Adoration of the Magi. Engraving, circa 1475. 254x168 mm; 10x6 5/8 inches, thread margins. First state (of 3), before the rework and the date. Bull's head watermark. Ex-collection Henri Verver (Lugt supplement 2491 bis, lower right recto). A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce print, with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear. We have found only 5 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch 6; Lehrs 6.
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Lot 4: ALBRECHT DÜRER The Small Courier.
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Description: ALBRECHT DÜRER The Small Courier. Engraving, 1496. 110x80 mm; 4 3/8x2 3/4 inches, thread margins. A superb, richly-inked and evenly-printed Meder a impression of this very scarce engraving with strong contrasts. The lower part of a bull's head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the mid- to late-1400s). Ex-collection Karl Edouard von Liphart (Lugt 1687, verso). Bartsch 80; Meder 79.
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Lot 5: ALBRECHT DÜRER The Monstrous Pig of Landseer.
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Description: ALBRECHT DÜRER The Monstrous Pig of Landseer. Engraving, circa 1496. 120x126 mm; 4 3/4x4 7/8 inches. A very good, dark and well-inked Meder a-b impression, with strong contrasts, warm plate tone and the fine wiping scratches showing. Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. Bartsch 95; Meder 82.
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