Lot No. 79


Alexander Runciman


Alexander Runciman - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Schottland 1736-1785) Perseus decapitating Medusa with the help of Athena, 1774, etching, on thin Japan paper, fixed to thin Japan paper, signed A. Runciman inv. e fecit in the plate, 16,4 x 26 cm, trimmed to platemarks, Le Bl. 5, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection August Riedinger (1845-1918), Augsburg (Lugt 167); private collection, Germany.

Splendid impression of the only state, presumably from the edition by J. Kay "Collection of Original Etching" London 1806. Very rare.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

28.04.2014 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 375.-
Estimate:
EUR 300.- to EUR 400.-

Alexander Runciman


(Schottland 1736-1785) Perseus decapitating Medusa with the help of Athena, 1774, etching, on thin Japan paper, fixed to thin Japan paper, signed A. Runciman inv. e fecit in the plate, 16,4 x 26 cm, trimmed to platemarks, Le Bl. 5, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection August Riedinger (1845-1918), Augsburg (Lugt 167); private collection, Germany.

Splendid impression of the only state, presumably from the edition by J. Kay "Collection of Original Etching" London 1806. Very rare.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 28.04.2014 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 18.04. - 28.04.2014


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