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Albrecht Dürer
The Sea Monster (B. 71; M., Holl.66)
engraving, 1498, a fine, black Meder a impression, with very good contrasts, watermark High Crown (M. 20) with the rare flourish (M. 20a), trimmed just inside the platemark, thereby retaining most of the outer borderline, a small loss at the upper left sheet corner, three repaired tears at the left, right and lower sheet edges, two small brown stains at the lower left corner, a few further very small repairs and slight surface dirt
S. 250 x 190mm.
The Sea Monster (B. 71; M., Holl.66)
engraving, 1498, a fine, black Meder a impression, with very good contrasts, watermark High Crown (M. 20) with the rare flourish (M. 20a), trimmed just inside the platemark, thereby retaining most of the outer borderline, a small loss at the upper left sheet corner, three repaired tears at the left, right and lower sheet edges, two small brown stains at the lower left corner, a few further very small repairs and slight surface dirt
S. 250 x 190mm.