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KATHE KOLLWITZ Litho German 1897

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KATHE KOLLWITZ Litho German 1897
KATHE KOLLWITZ
Konigsburg 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg

Tod / Death - 1897
Original Hand Signed Lithograph

Title : Tod / Death

Technique : Original Lithograph on China paper laid on Velin paper.

Paper Size : 40 X 30 cm \ 15.8 X 11.8 inch

Plate Size : 24 X 20 cm \ 9.5 X 7.9 inch

Additional Information : This is an Original Lithograph by Kathe Kollwitz.
It is Hand Signed in pencil at the lower right margin.
The Lithograph was printed in a limited edition of only 50 numbered impressions and a few more unnumbered impressions.
It was printed in this edition in 1918 by Emil Richter for the series "Ein Weberaufstand" that included 6 original prints.
The lithograph is printed on thin China paper that is laid on Velin paper.
This is the only ORIGINAL edition of this lithograph!!!
After the printing of this edition and the later unsigned edition the Lithograph's plate was destroyed.
in 1931 the German printer "Der Becke" created a Photo Lithograph with the same image and size of this Original Lithograph.
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.

Literature :
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.
2.Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, by Alexandra von dem Knesebeck, Bern, 2002. Reference: Knesebeck 34 A/B.

Condition : Good condition.
Foxing stains only on the supporting velin paper, not on the print itself