Mid Season Prints
Catalogue Information: 306 lots | 304 with images
Date: 2007
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Viewing Notes:
Sun, 23 Sep 07, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 24 Sep 07, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue, 25 Sep 07, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sale Notes:
Absentee Bids, New York
Tel: 212 606 7414
Fax: 212 606 7016
Lot 1: Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto , Le Procuratie niove e S. Ziminian V. (DeVesme 22; Bromberg 25)
Etching, c. 1740, from Vedute Altre Prese da I Luoghi, Altre Ideate da Antonio Canal..., a very good impression of the first state (of two), with the diagonal scratch above the lantern at right still visible, on laid paper, with 1/4- to 1-inch margin [...more]
Lot 2: Ugo da Carpi , Envy Chased from the Temple of the Muses (TIB vol 48, 12-II)
Woodcut printed in black and tan, c. 1500, on laid paper, trimmed to the borderline, a few pale stains, several skillfully repaired small holes and tears, mostly at center
Lot 3: Albrecht Dürer , Martyrdom of the ten thousand (Bartsch 117; Meder, Hollstein 218)
Woodcut, circa 1497, on laid paper, with a cross in a circle or quatrefoil watermark, trimmed on or just inside the borderline, a central horizontal fold, a horizontal crease above the fold, remains of paper tape long the sheet edges, verso
Lot 4: Albrecht Dürer , St. Jerome in penitence (B. 61; M., Holl. 57)
Engraving, 1496, a Meder c-d impression, on laid paper, with an indistinct watermark, with narrow to thread margins, a 1/2-inch tear at the left sheet edge, a skillfully repaired paper loss and a horizontal crease at the upper left sheet corner, a di [...more]
Lot 4A: Albrecht Dürer , Madonna by the Tree (B. 35; M., Holl. 34)
Engraving, 1513, on laid paper, a Meder c-d impression, trimmed to the platemark, pale light-stain, adhesive staining along the left sheet edge, verso, tipped to the back mat at the upper sheet corners
