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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Lot 15 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

The Dream of the Doctor

Closed9 December 2021

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GBP 68,750

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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
The Dream of the Doctor
engraving, circa 1498, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine Meder a-b impression, printing with strong contrasts and burr to the edges of the cushion and face of the demon, some plate tone at lower left and right, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, with an inky plate edge at upper right
Sheet 189 x 122 mm.

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz and Vienna (see Lugt 4398; without their mark); Klipstein & Co., 28 April 1955, lot 34 ('Der Traum. [...] Exemplar von aussergewöhnlich schöner Druckqualität, mit sehr klaren Schattenpartien und Spuren von Grat in der Fratze über dem Blasbalg.')