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KATHE KOLLWITZ 1867-1945
Konigsburg 1867-1945 Moritzburg
Title: Woman with Bowed Head / Gesenkter Frauenkopf, 1905
Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching with Dry-point and Soft Ground Etching on paper (Kupferdruckpapier)
Paper Size: 55 x 46 cm / 21.7 x 18.1 in
Image Size: 34.5 x 29 cm / 13.6 x 11.4 in
Additional Information: This original Etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in the lower right margin. It is also signed with the artist initial "K" in the plate at the lower left part.
Furthermore, the work is also hand signed in pencil by the printer "O.Felsing" at the lower left margin. It is numbered in pencil "45/50" in the lower left part of the margin.
This is the third state of this etching out of a total of six states.
Our impression was printed by Otto Felsing in Berlin before the 1918 Richter life time edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions.
Kollwitz spoke of the 'gravity and tragedy of the most miserable kind of proletarian existence' visible in the appearance of the women who attended her husband's surgery. She bears witness to their suffering in this expressive head. Kollwitz made a number of drawings of heads, mainly of careworn, working-class women. She preferred to depict working-class subjects, since Kollwitz felt that they presented themselves openly and expressed themselves with no disguises. This etching shows the artist's skill in sculpting form out of light and shade. It is typical of the dignified manner in which Kollwitz treated her subjects.
Literature:
1. Von dem Knesebeck, Alexandra. 2002. Kathe Kollwitz: Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, Band I, 1890-1913. Bern: Verlag Kornfeld.
Reference: Knesebeck 94 III b.
2. Klipstein, August. 1955. Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz, Complete Illustrated Catalogue. New York: Galerie St. Etienne.
Reference: Klipstein 77 III a
Condition: Good condition. Two tape marks in the lower margins with two slight water or ink stains. Otherwise very good condition throughout. Tape marks at the back around the edges.
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