Nov 02, 2023 - Sale 2651

Sale 2651 - Lot 114

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GIOVANNI D. TIEPOLO
Vecchio con capello tirato sulla fronte.

Etching, 1770. 151x107 mm; 6 1/4x4 1/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. First state (of 2), before the number upper right. From Raccolta di Teste. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.

Provenance: Leonard Baskin, the artist, Lurley, Devon, and Leeds, Massachusetts, inscribed and dated 1965 in ink (Lugt 4475, verso).

DeVesme 144; Rizzi 188.