Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb from the Apocalypse, woodcut, 1496-7. Reference: Bartsch 74, monogram lower center. An impression from the 1511 Latin Text edition, with the Flower and Triangle watermark (Meder watermark 127). h: 15.5 x w: 11.1 in / h: 39.4 x w: 28.2 cm Provenance: P & D Colnaghi; Knoedler and Company (with their stock numbers verso), ex. Collection Jeffrey Weiss, Dallas, Texas. A superb impression in excellent condition, trimmed just outside, on or in places just inside the borderline, some very light staining, archival window mat. This woodcut depicts Revelation 13: (1) [...]
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Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), The Holy Kinship with Lute Playing Angels, woodcut, 1511. References: Bartsch 97, Meder, Hollstein 216. In generally good condition, trimmed to the border, a horizontal fold, small made up repair lower center, other slight repaired breaks near left margin, scattered thin areas verso, 208 x 210 mm, 8 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches, archival mounting. A fine strong Meder A/B (of D) impression, with clear black detailing and considerable gauffrage. Before the break and displacement of the numeral 1 of the date (which Meder notes is characteristic of the B impressions) but without any discernible watermark (B impressions characteristically have no watermark). [...]
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Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Joachim and the Angel, from the Life of the Virgin, woodcut, 1504. Reference: Bartsch 78, Hollstein 190. A Meder a impression, with a High Crown watermark (Meder 20). In generally good condition apart from some light speckled foxing; paper disturbed at upper right corner due to the sharp edge of the top branch (described by Meder as indicative of an early impression); small rust spot at one of the upper branches; thin spot at upper right corner; an old horizontal fold visible verso. Narrow to thread margins, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4, the sheet 11 7/8 x [...]
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