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THE MAGAZINE AUCTION RESULTS INTERNATIONAL<br />
$866,500<br />
A dear Rhinoceros...<br />
Six million dollars for 62 prints was the final result for this sale staged on 29 January by Christie's. It<br />
consisted of one collection containing nothing but impressions, all by a single artist: Albert Dürer – a<br />
famous name in art history if ever there was one. In addition, several of them boasted illustrious<br />
provenances. Just as at the time when the animal arrived in Europe, the celebrated "Rhinoceros"<br />
(illustrated) aroused keen enthusiasm, finally going for $866,500 – and multiplying the low estimate<br />
by eight! Dürer never actually saw one of these, but his representation, based on a sketch, was an<br />
inspiration to artists right up to the end of the 18th century. "Saint Eustache" went for $722,500,<br />
while, "spotted" at the very instant of their temptation, "Adam and Eve" fired the bidding up to<br />
$662,500. It is worth noting that some of the Master's prints are still affordable, as witness "Sol Lustitiae"<br />
($15,000) and "Christ on the Mount of Olives" ($7,500). X. N.<br />
74 GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL I N° 23