Apr 25, 2012 - Sale 2277

Sale 2277 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 11,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
Cliff on the Seashore.

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in ochre, dark olive green and black on cream laid paper, circa 1597-1600. 114x144 mm; 4 1/2x5 5/8 inches. Second state (of 2). Trimmed on the black border line with most of the border line preserved all around. A superb impression of this extremely scarce woodcut, with strong colors and with relief from the wood block showing on the verso.

We have found only 3 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch 245; Hollstein 381; Bialler 52.