Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Circle of Albrecht Dürer
Emblematic and Ornamental Designs; A) Arm with two hands holding a pomegranate B) Arm with two hands C) Ornamental Band
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January 26, 07:03 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Circle of Albrecht Dürer
Emblematic and Ornamental Designs;
A) Arm with two hands holding a pomegranate
B) Arm with two hands
C) Ornamental Band
All pen and brown ink, the ornamental design with gray wash
A) 168 by 34 mm; 6⅝ by 1½ in. (silhouetted)
B) 126 by 52 mm; 4⅞ by 2 in. (silhouetted)
C) 156 by 28 mm; 6⅛ by 1⅛ in.
Dr. William Suida (1877-1959);
Török Collection, Pittsburgh;
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
Török Collection, Pittsburgh;
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
"Notes and Sketches by Albrecht Dürer. Selected and Edited by Campbell Dodgson", The Dürer Society, London 1911, pl. X;
H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, Kritisches verzeichnis der werke Albrecht Dürers, Basel and Leipzig, 1938, vol. II, p. 92, nos. A235-7, p. 228, reproduced;
E. Panofsky, Albrecht Dürer, Princeton, 1943, nos. 1211-2 and 1591;
W.L. Strauss, The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1974, vol. VI, p. 3162, nos. XP.1211 and XP.1212, p. 3166, nos. XP.1591, reproduced (as 'Formerly Attributed to Dürer')
H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, Kritisches verzeichnis der werke Albrecht Dürers, Basel and Leipzig, 1938, vol. II, p. 92, nos. A235-7, p. 228, reproduced;
E. Panofsky, Albrecht Dürer, Princeton, 1943, nos. 1211-2 and 1591;
W.L. Strauss, The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1974, vol. VI, p. 3162, nos. XP.1211 and XP.1212, p. 3166, nos. XP.1591, reproduced (as 'Formerly Attributed to Dürer')