THE JAMES B PARKS COLLECTION OF FINE PRINTS
Catalog Information: 217 lots with images | View lots
Date: November 9, 2009
Auction House:
Location:
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
10010
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing Notes:
Exhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2194 - The James B. Parks Collection of Fine Prints - begins at 2:30pm in New York on Mon, Nov 9. All material in Sale 2194 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, Oct 31: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Nov 2: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Nov 3: 10am to 8pm - Wed, Nov 4: 10am to 6pm - Thurs, Nov 5: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Nov 6: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Nov 7: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Nov 9: 10am to Noon.
Lot 1: GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Melancholia.
GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Melancholia. Etching, circa 1646. 217x114 mm; 8 5/8x4 1/2 inches, narrow margins. Third state (of 4), before the later rework. Ex-collection Leonard Baskin, dated 1977 in ink verso. A good, evenly-printed impression of [...more]
Lot 2: GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Tobit Burying the Dead.
GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Tobit Burying the Dead. Etching, circa 1650. 209x300 mm; 8 1/4x11 3/4 inches, thread margins. A very good impression with all the details printing clearly. Bartsch 5; Percy 20.
Lot 3: GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Group of 4 portrait etchings.
GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Group of 4 portrait etchings. Bearded Oriental in Profile to the Right * Man with a Turban * Man with a Scroll * Head of a Young Man with a Feathered Turban. Various sizes and conditions, each with thread margins. Bartsc [...more]
Lot 4: WILLEM VAN GOUWEN A Beached Whale between Scheveningen and Katwijk.
WILLEM VAN GOUWEN A Beached Whale between Scheveningen and Katwijk. Engraving, 1598. 270x337 mm; 10 5/8x13 1/4 inches, wide margins. Arms of Amsterdam watermark. A very good impression. Hollstein 1.
Lot 5: GIOVANNI B. TIEPOLO Tre maghi bruciano un serpente.
GIOVANNI B. TIEPOLO Tre maghi bruciano un serpente. Etching, circa 1750. 222x180 mm; 8 3/4x7 1/8 inches, small to narrow margins. First state (of 2), before the number upper right. From Scherzi. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong c [...more]
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