To print, your print settings should be ‘fit to page size’ or ‘fit to printable area’ or similar. Problems? See our guide: https://atg.news/2zaGmwp DOUBLE ISSUE | 2452 | 25 July & 1 August 2020 antiquestradegazette.com | UK £4.99 | USA $7.95 | Europe €5.50 NEXT ISSUE: AUGUST 8 koopman rare art antiques trade KOOPMAN (see Client Templates for issue versions) THE ART M ARKET WEEKLY [email protected] +44 (0)20 7242 7624 www.koopman.art British collector snaps up Dürer print for €430,000 in Berlin A lifetime impression of The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve) – perhaps Albrecht Dürer’s (1471-1528) best-known engraving – has sold for a record €430,000 (£390,000) in Germany. The buyer was a British collector. A towering achievement of northern Renaissance printmaking now overfamiliar from numerous reproductions, Adam and Eve was made in 1504 as something of a ‘calling card’ ahead of Dürer’s second visit to Venice. He took an unusual amount of care in its creation and chose to sign it boldly with his full name and birthplace. A tablet hanging from the mountain ash branch that Adam holds in his right Pick hand reads Albert Dvrer Noricvs of the Faciebat 1504. week Continued on page 8 New digital catalogue raisonné shows scholars the way ahead prolific Pre-Raphaelite artist. Usually – about 25% of the total works that the criticism will help us to develop this.” by Laura Chesters catalogue raisonnés are worked on by artist, his studio and collaborators Nahum created the website having one or two scholars, take decades to produced. It is being worked on worked as a dealer since acquiring the Art dealer Peter Nahum has complete and ae published in print. continuously and will take many years name of The Leicester Galleries in 1984 created a free-to-access digital to ‘complete’. following 17 years at Sotheby’s. He was catalogue raisonné for the An organic project Nahum said: “We are trying to lay a specialist on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow Victorian painter Edward Coley However, Nahum decided he wanted to down the foundations for future for many years. Burne-Jones (1833–98). create a collaborative, organic and scholars to dig into. This is a The initiative is in honour of two With help from academics, Peter and online project for Burne-Jones rather collaborative effort. Many scholars have scholars – the late John Christian and Renate Nahum have spent three years than the traditional method. different opinions but we all need to William Waters – who Nahum said and more than £90,000 to begin the Currently the website holds 3500 work together. 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Undertakings Burne-Jones catalogue raisonné launches online such as this can require decades of study. Nahum points out Continued from front page Left: Head of May Morris by Fairfax Murray and Thomas that for fellow Victorian artist Sir Edward Coley Burne- Matthews Rooke and there William Holman Hunt (1827- “have dedicated their lives to Jones. The 8½ x 6¾in (21 may have been up to seven 1910) a catalogue raisonné took the artist”. x 17cm) pencil drawing is assistants at any one time. 30 years, for Sir John Everett Waters is among the one of a group of works by These assistants were not idle, Millais (1829-1896) it was 40 academics working on the Burne-Jones being offered so one must assume that the years and for Ford Madox project with the Nahums by The Maas Gallery and majority of Burne-Jones’ final Brown (1821-93) it took 50 alongside Alison Smith, has an asking price of works have some percentage of years. Suzanne Fagence Cooper and £65,000. It came from a UK studio painting in them.” Nahum and Maas have great Fiona Mann. private collection and has hopes for the project. However, London dealer Rupert Maas been certified by the Burne- Studio system Maas highlighted the reaction is also collaborating with Jones Catalogue Raisonné. Maas added: “Burne-Jones had by the wider world may not be Nahum and is a trustee of the a prodigious output and was completely straightforward. project which is now a unique among British Victorian He said: “There should registered charity. artists that he operated a studio never be one person responsible Having funded the first part system so it is difficult to tell for determining if something is of the project personally, the to submit works to be the project, particularly when Burne-Jones ends and an right or not. But because it is an Nahums hope to raise further considered for authentication, relating to Burne-Jones and his assistant begins.” initiative led by dealers, funds for the charity to which Nahum said is “modest studio. He said: “This is a very The issue of getting scholars academia may find it unusual continue “to pay the scholars in comparison to other serious and difficult to agree what is by the hand of and might not take to it and for the programming on catalogue raisonnés”. undertaking. Burne-Jones Burne-Jones or an assistant is quickly.” the site”. Nahum is aware of the many employed two permanent one reason a catalogue raisonné The catalogue can be viewed A fee of £160 will be charged issues raised by the nature of studio assistants, Charles of the artist had not been at eb-j.org Overseas buyer for Armada maps unless £600,000 is found A public campaign to keep rare application process.