Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman)

Kathe Kollwitz

Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman), Prints by Kathe Kollwitz
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Marked Down $1,200.00
Gallery Price $2,500.00
Title
Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman)
Artist
Kathe Kollwitz
Medium
Soft ground etching with drypoint on wove paper with wide margins
Catalogue raisonne
Klipstein 103, Knesebeck 107 VIIIb/ VIIIb
Plate size
17 1/2" height X 17 1/3" width
Paper size
21 1/2" height X 21 1/8" width
Signed
No
Date of creation
Made between 1963/ 1965 and 1972
Condition
Good excepting 1/4" rupture in the paper's surface in image in space between mother and child's foot, visible in next to last photograph. Residue of masking tape close to edge on back of print, on three sides.
Provenance
Consigned by a print collector who has another impression of this print in her bedroom CC
About The Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman)

 "Of the numerous exhibitions at which the artist participated in 1910, this etching was shown for the first time at the twenty first exhibition of the "Berliner Secession", which opened in late November 1910.

The print, dated 1910, probably originated in the spring of that year, when Kollwitz was intensely preoccupied with the theme of death."

The above was taken from the catalogue raisonne by Knesebeck. 

"Engraved at lower left "Orig. Rad von Kathe Kollwitz" and engraved at lower right "Druck v. O Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg" With von der Becke's embossed seal "Muenchen-22"

Marked Down from $1800 to $1,200

 

About Kathe Kollwitz
Strong social convictions permeate Kollwitz's work. Both a sculptor and a printmaker. Kathe Kollwitz (born Kathe Schmidt) married a doctor. Karl Kollwitz yielding her new surname. Together they lived in the poorer quarters of northern Berlin. Her work posed as a vehicle for social protest against the working conditions of the day as well as for World War I. Although many of her compositions focus on the great tragedies in life. she is well appreciated for her mother and child themes. Her name is forever linked with the art movement known as German expressionism. I consider it a privilege to be able to offer her work for sale.
Other Works By Kathe Kollwitz:
  • Seated Male Nude (Sitzender mannlicher Akt), Prints by Kathe Kollwitz
Cultures

European, Women Artists

Medium

Prints

Subject

Female, Children

Keywords

Kathe Kollwitz, Kollwitz Tod und Frau, Kollwitz Death and Woman