Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG)
Melencolia I
engraving, 1514, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, early Meder a impression, the second, final state, printing with great clarity and contrast, with wide margins
Plate 240 x 189 mm.
Sheet 278 x 225 mm.
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
with Galerie J. H. Bauer, Hannover, Germany,
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2006.
Literature
REFERENCES:
Bartsch 74; Meder, Hollstein 75; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 71
SELECTED LITERATURE:
E. Panofsky, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer New Jersey, 1945, pp. 151-171.
J. Campbell Hutchison, Albrecht Dürer - A Biography, New Jersey, 1990, pp. 104-5, 114, 117-8.
G. Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, London, 2002, p. 188, no. 128 (another impression illustrated).
P. Doorly, 'Dürer's Melencolia I: Plato's Abandoned Search for the Beautiful', Art Bulletin, June 2004, LXXXVI, pp. 255-276, no. 2 (another impression illustrated).
J. Sander, J. Stumpel, et al., Dürer - His Art in the Context of his Time, exhibition catalogue, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2013-2014, pp. 262-263, no. 10.3 (another impression illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Details
ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471–1528 NUREMBERG)
Melencolia I
engraving, 1514, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine, early Meder a impression, the second, final state, printing with great clarity and contrast, with wide margins
Plate 240 x 189 mm.
Sheet 278 x 225 mm.
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
with Galerie J. H. Bauer, Hannover, Germany,
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2006.
Literature
REFERENCES:
Bartsch 74; Meder, Hollstein 75; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 71
SELECTED LITERATURE:
E. Panofsky, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer New Jersey, 1945, pp. 151-171.
J. Campbell Hutchison, Albrecht Dürer - A Biography, New Jersey, 1990, pp. 104-5, 114, 117-8.
G. Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, London, 2002, p. 188, no. 128 (another impression illustrated).
P. Doorly, 'Dürer's Melencolia I: Plato's Abandoned Search for the Beautiful', Art Bulletin, June 2004, LXXXVI, pp. 255-276, no. 2 (another impression illustrated).
J. Sander, J. Stumpel, et al., Dürer - His Art in the Context of his Time, exhibition catalogue, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2013-2014, pp. 262-263, no. 10.3 (another impression illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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