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Auction archive: Lot number 91

Pop-up Peepshow [Kullisentheater

Early Printed Books
14 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,062
Auction archive: Lot number 91

Pop-up Peepshow [Kullisentheater

Early Printed Books
14 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,062
Beschreibung:

Pop-up Peepshow [Kullisentheater] Slides. The Shepherd Walking his Sheep. [Germany: ?Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1750]. Additional Images Six separate polychrome hand-colored engravings mounted on card; five with backgrounds cut out by hand creating a three-dimensional effect when viewed together, the last card left whole to form a sold backdrop for the scene, the final two cards numbered 5 and 6 in the engraving; depicting the shepherd with his sheep accompanied by many other figures in the landscape: ladies and men in the enjoying the forest, strolling, playing musical instruments, talking together, and other peaceful bucolic pursuits; with hand-applied contemporary color, titled in mansucript on an accompanying partial wrapper in French, "Le berger promenant ses mountons"; each 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
14 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

Pop-up Peepshow [Kullisentheater] Slides. The Shepherd Walking his Sheep. [Germany: ?Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1750]. Additional Images Six separate polychrome hand-colored engravings mounted on card; five with backgrounds cut out by hand creating a three-dimensional effect when viewed together, the last card left whole to form a sold backdrop for the scene, the final two cards numbered 5 and 6 in the engraving; depicting the shepherd with his sheep accompanied by many other figures in the landscape: ladies and men in the enjoying the forest, strolling, playing musical instruments, talking together, and other peaceful bucolic pursuits; with hand-applied contemporary color, titled in mansucript on an accompanying partial wrapper in French, "Le berger promenant ses mountons"; each 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
14 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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