May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 8,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Knot with a White Disk.

Woodcut, 1505-7. 264x206 mm; 103/8x81/8 inches, small margins. Second state (of 2). A very good Meder 2c impression, with the artist's monogram on the shield.

According to Passavant, Durer's woodcuts from the series of so-called Six Knots were based on Italian engravings from the circle of Leonardo da Vinci.

An extremely scarce print; we have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Bartsch 142; Meder 276.