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The small Passion (B. 17-52; M., Holl. 126-161)
Details
Albrecht Dürer
The small Passion (B. 17-52; M., Holl. 126-161)
woodcuts, 1508-10, 33 plates from the set of 36 (lacking B. 19, 20, 47), generally good to very good impressions, B. 17-23, 25-28, 34, 36-38, 40, 44-46, 49 and 51 from the 1511 edition, B. 29, 30, 33, 42, 48, 50 and 52 before 1511, the rest early impressions after text, B. 17, 23, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 45, and 49-51 with High Crown or Narrow High Crown watermarks, B. 30, 33 and 48 with Bull's Head watermarks, B. 34, 36-38, 45 and 51 untrimmed, otherwise trimmed close to, on or just inside the borderline, B. 40 with several small made up areas, B. 46 with a repaired thin patch on the reverse, the majority generally in good condition, apart from occasional minor thin spots on the reverse where previously mounted
averaging S. 129 x 98mm. (trimmed); averaging S. 184 x 130mm. (untrimmed) (34)
The small Passion (B. 17-52; M., Holl. 126-161)
woodcuts, 1508-10, 33 plates from the set of 36 (lacking B. 19, 20, 47), generally good to very good impressions, B. 17-23, 25-28, 34, 36-38, 40, 44-46, 49 and 51 from the 1511 edition, B. 29, 30, 33, 42, 48, 50 and 52 before 1511, the rest early impressions after text, B. 17, 23, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 45, and 49-51 with High Crown or Narrow High Crown watermarks, B. 30, 33 and 48 with Bull's Head watermarks, B. 34, 36-38, 45 and 51 untrimmed, otherwise trimmed close to, on or just inside the borderline, B. 40 with several small made up areas, B. 46 with a repaired thin patch on the reverse, the majority generally in good condition, apart from occasional minor thin spots on the reverse where previously mounted
averaging S. 129 x 98mm. (trimmed); averaging S. 184 x 130mm. (untrimmed) (34)
Provenance
B. 52; Kestner Museum, Hannover (L. 1569)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.