Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit.

Woodcut, 1498. 393x282 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/2 inches, small margins. A superb, richly-inked proof impression before the 1498 and 1511 text editions, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Triangle with a flower watermark (Meder 127, which he dates from 1471 to 1514). From the Apocalypse. Bartsch 75; Meder 178.