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Spaightwood Galleries
Albrecht Durer's woodcuts for The Ship of Fools (1494)
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The Feasting Fools (Winkler 28, Hutt 1346, Borer 116). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1497 edition. Image size: 116x83mm. Price: $2000.
The 1511 edition tells us: "He merits future poverty / Who always lives in luxury, / And joins the spendthrifs' revelry."
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The fanatical falcon and dog lover (Hutt 1363, Borer 133, Anzelewsky, p. 32). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Illustrated in Anzelewsky's important study of Durer (1980), the only woodcut from the Ship of Fools included. Image size: 115x82mm. Price: $1775.
The 1511 edition tells us: "Who takes to Church dog, hawk, or jay, / Disturbing others who would pray, / The fool's role he with zeal doth play."
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The Imprudent Fools (Winkler 35, Hutt 1407, Borer 177, Schramm 1210). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Stains in right margin not affecting the image. Image size: 115x82mm. Price: $1825.
The 1511 edition tells us: "Who lights his lamp here warm and bright / And lets the oil give cheering llight, That man shall never have delight." The woodcut shows The foolish virgins from the parable of the wise and the foolish virgins.
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The Gossiping Fool (Hutt 1360, Schramm 1152, Borer 130). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Image size: 115x82mm. Price: $1375.
The 1511 edition tells us: "A bell sans hammer gives no ring, / No foxtail sets it echoing, / Wherefore ignore all gossipping."
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The Regretful Fool (Hutt 1401, Schramm 1201, Borer 171). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Image size: 115x82mm. Price: $1225.
The 1511 edition says, "A fool is he who mourns all day, / For things that he cannot allay, Or rues that he has done some good, / To one who has not understood."
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Ingrateful Fools (Hutt 1375, Borer 145, Schramm 1169). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Image size: 117x84mm. Price: $1575.
The 1511 edition tells us: "Who wants good service every day, / But never 'thank you' wants to say, / His thunder Gode on him will vent."
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A Fool who mocks God (Hutt 1391, Borer 161, Winkler 42). Original woodcut, 1494. A good impression on laid paper from the 1511 edition. Image size: 115x82mm. Price: $1575.
The 1511 edition tells us: "Who fears from God no punishment / Because no thunder yet he's sent, / His thunder God on him will vent."
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to sptwd@verizon.net. We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
Visiting hours: Saturday and Sunday noon to 6 pm and other times by arrangement. Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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