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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT FAMILY COLLECTION
MASTER MZ (ACTIVE CIRCA 1500)
The Woman with the Owl
Details
MASTER MZ (ACTIVE CIRCA 1500)
The Woman with the Owl
engraving, 1500, on laid paper, watermark Walking Bear (similar to Meder 87), a very fine, early impression, trimmed just inside the platemark, remargined, the corners very skilfully made up
Sheet 160 x 123 mm.
The Woman with the Owl
engraving, 1500, on laid paper, watermark Walking Bear (similar to Meder 87), a very fine, early impression, trimmed just inside the platemark, remargined, the corners very skilfully made up
Sheet 160 x 123 mm.
Provenance
S. Aumüller (?), without mark, according to Blum.
Dr Carlos Gaa (1871 - d. circa 1925), Germany (see Lugt 538; according to Blum, without his mark); probably his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5-6 May 1926, lot 1007 ('Brillant wirkender Abdruck, auf Papier mit dem stehenden Bären. Eine Ecke hinterlegt').
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (according to Blum).
Dr Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Zürich & Short Hills, New Jersey; with his stamp verso (Lugt 79b) and mount inscription; then by descent; his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 15 ($8,500).
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Dr Carlos Gaa (1871 - d. circa 1925), Germany (see Lugt 538; according to Blum, without his mark); probably his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5-6 May 1926, lot 1007 ('Brillant wirkender Abdruck, auf Papier mit dem stehenden Bären. Eine Ecke hinterlegt').
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (according to Blum).
Dr Albert W. Blum (1882-1952), Zürich & Short Hills, New Jersey; with his stamp verso (Lugt 79b) and mount inscription; then by descent; his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 15 ($8,500).
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch 21; Lehrs 19
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