Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 11,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit.

Woodcut, 1498. 393x282 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. A superb, richly-inked proof impression before the 1498 and 1511 text editions, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Tower with a crown and flower watermark (Meder 259, which he dates to circa 1475). From the Apocalypse. Bartsch 75; Meder 178.