November 6, 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 2292 - Old Master Through Modern Prints - begins at 10:30am in New York on Wed, October 31. All material in Sale 2292 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Fri, Oct 26: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Oct 27: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Oct 29: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Oct 30: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: MARTIN SCHONGAUER Christ on the Mount of Olives.
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Description: MARTIN SCHONGAUER Christ on the Mount of Olives. Engraving, circa 1480. 164x114 mm; 6 1/2x4 1/2 inches. Bull's head watermark. From the Passion. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. A very good, dark impression of this scarce engraving, with strong contrasts. Bartsch 9; Lehrs 19.
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Lot 2: MARTIN SCHONGAUER The Crucifixion.
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Description: MARTIN SCHONGAUER The Crucifixion. Engraving, circa 1480. 164x113 mm; 6 5/8x4 1/2 inches. Small bull's head watermark (Briquet 15160, which he dates to Colmar circa 1475). Ex-collection the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt supplement 5, verso). From the Passion. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark, expertly repaired vertical tear right edge, through the figure of St. John, which is visible mainly on the verso. A very good, early impression of this scarce engraving. Bartsch 17; Lehrs 27.
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Lot 3: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY St. Anthony.
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Description: GERMAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY St. Anthony. Engraving, after 1480. A reverse copy after the same-title engraving by Martin Schongauer (Bartsch 46). With--ALBRECHT DÜRER. The Virgin and Child with the Monkey, engraving, circa 1498 * HIERONYMUS HOPFER. A Satyr Playing a Viola with a Satyress and Child, etching. Bartsch 42 and 32. Various sizes and conditions.
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Lot 4: MASTER AG Christ in Limbo.
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Description: MASTER AG Christ in Limbo. Engraving, circa 1490. 151x110 mm; 6x4 3/8 inches, small margins. First state (of 3). Ex-collection unknown collector, violet ink stamp with the initials GP verso (not in Lugt). A strong impression of this early print. Bartsch 12; Lehrs 16.
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Lot 5: ANDREA MANTEGNA Bacchanal with Silenus.
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Description: ANDREA MANTEGNA Bacchanal with Silenus. Engraving, circa 1475-80. 290x421 mm; 11 1/2x16 5/8 inches. Trimmed inside the plate mark with most of the composition and all of the figures preserved, scattered well-repaired tears. A good impression of this extremely scarce, early engraving. We have found only 5 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years. Hind 3.
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