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Christie’s sells important prints by Albrecht Dürer

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Albert Dürer: “Death, knight and the Devil”, 1513

THE PRINT LEGACY OF ALBRECHT DÜRER, A RENAISSANCE MAN

The Genius of the German Renaissance: Prints by Albrecht Dürer- Christie’s London- Tuesday, 4 December 2007 at 2pm

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London – Print sales in 2007 will culminate with a flourish at Christie’s in December with The Genius of the German Renaissance: Prints by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) on Tuesday, 4 December 2007. This auction provides an extraordinary insight into Dürer’s powerful graphic oeuvre, with 130 lots spanning allegorical scenes, mythological and biblical stories. Highlights from the sale include Dürer’s key works led by Death, Knight and the Devil, 1513 (estimate: £200,000-300,000. It was sold for £252,500) illustrated left and his four main series The Apocalypse, 1496-1511 (estimate: £80,000-120,000. It was sold for £84,500), The Large Passion, circa 1496-1511 (estimate: £80,000-120,000), The Life of the Virgin, circa 1502-1510 (estimate: £80,000-120,000) and The Small woodcut Passion, circa 1508-1510 (estimate: £30,000-40,000).With estimates ranging from £2,000 to £300,000, the sale is expected to realise in excess of £2 million.

Albrecht Dürer carried the medium of prints to revolutionary new heights artistically, technically and as a means of self publicity. Hailed by the British museum as the ‘first truly international artist,’ his work is so highly revered that Germans refer to the turn of the 16th century as ‘the age of Dürer’.

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Christie's sells important prints by Albrecht Dürer