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Adam and Eve
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Adam and Eve
engraving
1504
on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 62)
a very fine, early impression of the second state (of three), Meder a-b
printing richly, with great clarity, depth and intense contrasts
trimmed to or on the platemark
a few small, skillful repairs and tiny retouches
generally in good condition
Plate & Sheet 25,5 x 19,6 cm. (10 x 7 ¾ in.)
Adam and Eve
engraving
1504
on laid paper, watermark Bull's Head (Meder 62)
a very fine, early impression of the second state (of three), Meder a-b
printing richly, with great clarity, depth and intense contrasts
trimmed to or on the platemark
a few small, skillful repairs and tiny retouches
generally in good condition
Plate & Sheet 25,5 x 19,6 cm. (10 x 7 ¾ in.)
Provenance
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (without their stocknumber, with annotations by Harold Wright in pencil verso).
Private Collection, Southern Germany.
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 6 June 2007, lot 718.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Private Collection, Southern Germany.
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 6 June 2007, lot 718.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. von Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur, Vienna, vol. VII, 1808, no. 1, pp. 13-14.
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 1, pp. 69-70.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, CA. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 1, pp. 4-5 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 10, New York, 1980, no. 1, p. 9 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. I, 2001, (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 39, pp. 110-113 (another impression ill.).
J. Meder, Dürer-Katalog, Vienna, 1932, no. 1, pp. 69-70.
F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts, CA. 1400-1700, Albrecht and Hans Dürer, Amsterdam, 1962, no. 1, pp. 4-5 (another impression ill.).
W. L. Strauss (ed.), The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 10, New York, 1980, no. 1, p. 9 (another impression ill.).
R. Schoch, M. Mende & A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer, Das druckgraphische Werk, Munich, vol. I, 2001, (Kupferstiche, Eisenradierungen und Kaltnadelblätter), no. 39, pp. 110-113 (another impression ill.).
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