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KATHE KOLLWITZ Litho German 1897

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KATHE KOLLWITZ Litho German 1897
KATHE KOLLWITZ<BR>Konigsburg 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg <BR><BR>Tod / Death - 1897 <BR>Original Hand Signed Lithograph <BR><BR>Title : Tod / Death <BR><BR>Technique : Original Lithograph on China paper laid on Velin paper. <BR><BR>Paper Size : 40 X 30 cm \ 15.8 X 11.8 inch <BR><BR>Plate Size : 24 X 20 cm \ 9.5 X 7.9 inch <BR><BR>Additional Information : This is an Original Lithograph by Kathe Kollwitz.<BR>It is Hand Signed in pencil at the lower right margin.<BR>The Lithograph was printed in a limited edition of only 50 numbered impressions and a few more unnumbered impressions.<BR>It was printed in this edition in 1918 by Emil Richter for the series "Ein Weberaufstand" that included 6 original prints.<BR>The lithograph is printed on thin China paper that is laid on Velin paper.<BR>This is the only ORIGINAL edition of this lithograph!!!<BR>After the printing of this edition and the later unsigned edition the Lithograph's plate was destroyed.<BR>in 1931 the German printer "Der Becke" created a Photo Lithograph with the same image and size of this Original Lithograph.<BR>However it was an PhotoLithograph (a mechanical technique of printing) and not an Original Stone Lithograph like the first edition that our lithograph belongs to.<BR><BR>Literature : <BR>1.Kathe Kollwitz - The Graphic Work, by August Klipstein, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1955. Reference: Klipstein 35 II a/b, illustrated in page 43. <BR>2.Kthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, by Alexandra von dem Knesebeck, Bern, 2002. Reference: Knesebeck 34 A/B. <BR><BR>Condition : Good condition.<BR>Foxing stains only on the supporting velin paper, not on the print itself