May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ALBRECHT DÜRER
The Witch.

Engraving, circa 1505. 115x70 mm; 4 1/2x2 3/4 inches, thread margins. A superb, richly-inked and early Meder a impression, before retouching of the witch's hair, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject. Bartsch 67; Meder 68.