HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (Der Abschied Christi von seiner Mutter), a proof impression before the edition of 1511, woodcut on laid paper, from the Small Woodcut Passion. References: Bartsch 21, Meder 132, Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 193. In excellent condition, 5 x 3 3/4 inches (128 x 98 mm).
Provenance:
Stefan Jamesy, Vienna and New York (Lugt 1529 d)
Watermark: Bull’s Head (Meder 70)
A fine fresh proof impression (before the edition of 1511)

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) Then [...]

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Nemesis, engraving, 1502.
References: Bartsch 77, Meder 72 IIa (of f). In excellent condition. Watermark: High Crown (Meder watermark 20). 330 x 230 mm.
Very fine, with the exquisite detailing characteristic of only the earliest of the Meder IIa impressions.
Provenance:
private collection, Germany
Christie’s London June 24, 1986, lot 21
private collection USA
Panofsky identified the literary source for Nemesis as “a Latin poem of Politian which synthesizes the classical goddess of retribution with fickle Fortune: clad in a white mantle, she hovers in the void, tearing the air with strident wings, driven hither and thither by [...]

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Madonna with the Pear, engraving, 1511, Bartsch 41, Meder 33, Holstein 33. A Meder a impression. With an Anchor in a Circle watermark (Meder watermark 171). In very good condition, with thread margins, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, archival mounting. Provenance: estate of Dr. and Mrs David Alterman.
A superb, brilliant black impression printing especially strongly toward the tree trunk, as characteristic of the earliest impressions. The Anchor in Circle watermark 171 is specified by Meder as found in fine impressions of Madonna and Pear (and also Christ on the [...]

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 [...]

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Christ Among the Doctors, from the Life of the Virgin, woodcut, c. 1503. References: Bartsch 91, Hollstein 203. Watermark: High Crown (Meder watermark number 20). A proof before the 1511 Latin Text. In good condition overall apart from thin spots on verso, 2 pinholes bottom right, loss (repaired) upper left corner, small abrasion above head of man lower right, trimmed to the platemark, archival mounting.
A brilliant Meder a impression.
Provenance: ex Collection G. Von Rath (Lugt 2772).
Meder a impressions of Christ Among the Doctors are characterized by clear strong printing, a gap in [...]

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528),  Sudarium Held by Two Angels, engraving, 1513 [with the monogram and date on the tablet].  References: Bartsch 25, Meder, Hollstein 26. In excellent condition, 4 x 5 1/2 inches.
A superb, very early impression, with small margins.
PROVENANCE:
F.B. 1602 (Lugt 365, 369, identified in the Fisher sale catalogue as Borduge 23-27 May, 1892, lot 197)
Dr. W. Krieg (Lugt 799b)
Pierre Mariette (tracing of signature verso)
R. Fisher (L. 2204)
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Paltzer-Boker (stamp verso, not in Lugt)
Dr. Edward H. Paltzer and Gabriele Paltzer-Lang (stamp verso, not in Lugt) .
This engraving is derived from the legend of [...]

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 [...]