Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2517BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Christ Nailed to the Cross, from the SMALL PASSION, c. 1511, after the Latin edition (Hollstein, 148; Meder 148). Monogrammed in the block. Woodcut on laid paper, image size 5 x 3 7/8 in. (12.6 x 9.8 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Trimmed to or just into the borderline, subtle toning and soiling, annotations in pencil and ink to verso.
Provenance: Alice and Kurt Mühsam (Muehsam),Berlin and New York; by family descent, New York City; gift from a Mühsam (Muehsam) family descendant to the present private owner.
Estimate $400-600