Nov 07, 2002 - Sale 1950

Sale 1950 - Lot 24

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION ALBRECHT DÜRER
St. Christopher with the Flight of Birds.

Woodcut, 1501-4. 216x144 mm; 8 1/2x5 3/4 inches. A brilliant Meder a impression printed dark and evenly overall. Bull's head watermark (Meder 62, which he dates from the late 1400s to around 1519). Trimmed on the outer edge of the border line, minor skinning upper left and center left edge.

A scarce print; we have found only 13 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Bartsch 104; Meder 222.