May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Christ Carrying the Cross.

Woodcut, circa 1509. 125x95 mm; 5x3 3/4 inches, thread margins. A superb, dark, richly-inked proof impression before the 1511 text edition, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Ex-collection Barkhauss (Lugt 642a, verso, and see Lugt 218a). Bartsch 37; Meder 146.