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Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945): Images of Women I

"Käthe Kollwitz and German Expressionism" features over fifty works by Käthe Kollwitz plus additional works by Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Heinrich Campendonck, Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, Conrad Felixmuller, Hans Fronius, Georg Grosz, Erich Heckel, Hannah Hoch, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Ludwig Meidner, Edvard Munch, Heinrich Nauen, Emile Nolde, Max Pechstein, Georges Rouault, Rudolf Schlichter, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Siegfried Schott, Georg Tappert, Wilhelm Wagner, and others. (Look for additional images to be added as time permits; all works are available for purchase unless otherwise indicated.)

Kollwitz: Introductory / Kollwitz Self Portraits / Kollwitz 2: Weavers' revolt / Kollwitz 3: Mothers
Kollwitz 4: Tragedies / Kollwitz 5: Women / Kollwitz 6: Women 2 / Kollwitz 7: Peasants' War / Kollwitz 8: Men
As might be expected of an artist active at the end of the nineteenth century and for much of the first half of the twentieth, Kollwitz' frequently created images of women; unlike her malle colleagues, however, almost none of them were nudes (there is one very early figure study of a woman; there is also one study of a naked man). Kollwitz seems to have been much more interested in examining the joys and the sorrows of being a woman, which often means the joys and the sorrows of being human.
Betendes Madchen / Praying Girl (Kl. 11). Original etching, 1892. Edition: a very rich impression from the von der Becke edition of 1945 with his drystamp. Image size: 196x150mm. Price: $1650.
Frauen kopf / Head of a Women (Kl. 76v). Original soft-ground etching, 1905. From the von der Becke edition after 1931 with the publisher's drystamp. Fine impression on wove paper signed with the signature stamp in purple ink. Image size: 228x140mm. Price: $1350.
Frau mit ubereinandergelegten handen / Pregnant woman with folded hands (Kl. 41 vi, Knesebeck 41 vib / viib). Original etching, 1898-99. From a von der Becke edition after 1931 (with the publisher's 2-line Munchen seal). A very rich and clear impression on copperplate paper in brown ink before the later over-inked editions. In a 1927 study, this work, with Kollwitz's facsimile inscription, is titled Shwangere / Pregnant Woman. Paul Prouté listed an unsigned impression of the fourth state for $3000 in their Autumn 1990 catalogue. Image size: 286x228mm. Price: $2450.
Frau mit ubereinandergelegten handen / Pregnant woman with folded hands (Kl. 41 vi, Knesebeck 41 vib / viib). Original etching, 1898-99. From a von der Becke edition after 1931 (with the publisher's 2-line Munchen seal). A very rich and clear impression on copperplate paper in brown ink with lots of detail in the image. In a 1927 study, this work, with Kollwitz's facsimile inscription, is titled Shwangere / Pregnant Woman. Paul Prouté listed an unsigned impression of the fourth state for $3000 in their Autumn 1990 catalogue. Image size: 286x228mm. Price: $1875.
Frau mit ubereinandergelegten handen / Pregnant woman with folded hands (Kl. 41 vi, Knesebeck 41 vib / viib). Original etching, 1898-99. From a von der Becke edition after 1931 (with the publisher's 2-line Munchen seal). A rich and dark impression on copperplate paper in brown ink with detail in the left side of the image; the right is now very dark with lots of inkk left on the plate after wiping. In a 1927 study, this work, with Kollwitz's facsimile inscription, is titled Shwangere / Pregnant Woman. Paul Prouté listed an unsigned impression of the fourth state for $3000 in their Autumn 1990 catalogue. Image size: 286x228mm. Price: $1750.
Gesenkter Fraenkopf / Head of a grieving woman (Kl. 77 v/v,). Original softground etching, c. 1905. From the von der Becke edition after 1931 with the publisher's drystamp. A fine impression on wove paper of this large print. One of Kollwitz' most illustrated works. Image size: 380x319mm. Price: $1975.
Die Witwe / The Widow (Kl. 180, Z. 35). Original woodcut, 1922-23. Published in the portfolio Krieg / War, edition unknown. Ours is one of an unknown number of unsigned impressions, probably from Ausgabe B or C. One of Kollwitz' most illustrated works. Image size: 286x228mm. Price: $1325.

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