KATHE KOLLWITZ

Biography

Kathe Kollwitz was an expressionist of the first half of the twentieth century. Her subject matter mainly dealt with the effects of war as she tried to come to terms with her grief for her son, who was killed in the First World War and her grandson who was killed in the Second World War. Her work and etchings in particular have an incredable emotional impact and expressiveness of form and gesture. She has inspired many artists since and much of her work is based at the Kathe Kollwitz Museum in Munich. http://www.dhm.de/museen/kollwitz/english/home.htm

 

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

Etching, Edition: from the von der Becke edition after 1931 with his drystamp, P. 13.8 x 9.8cm, 1912

$2,500

 

An der Kirchenmauer - At the Church Wall

Etching, von der Becke edition after 1931, Blind stamp of publisher on lower right, Kl. 19, plate size 25 x 13.3 cm, 1893

$2,100

 

Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait)

Etching, Knesebeck 171/VI/d, plate size 22 x 26.6 cm, sheet size 45 x 55 cm, 1921

$2,800

 

Vier Männer in der Kneipe

Etching, Edition: from the von der Becke edition after 1931, Knesebeck 15/I/d (v. III/d), plate size12.9 x 15.6 cm, sheet size 31.1 x 44.5 cm, 1892-97

$2,000

 

Schlachtfeld (Battlefield)

Etching and press-through process, Edition: published in 1921 with the publisher’s dry stamp. The sixth print in the Peasant's War series, P 39.8 x 52 cm, 1907

 

$6,200