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KOLLWITZ KATHE KOLLWITZ Hand Signed Etching German Expressionism

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KOLLWITZ KATHE KOLLWITZ Hand Signed Etching German Expressionism
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KATHE KOLLWITZ 1867-1945
Konigsburg 1867-1945 Moritzburg

Title: Peening / Beim Dengeln, 1905/1921

Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching on copper print paper

Paper Size: 72.5 x 55.5 cm / 28.5 x 21.9 in

Plate Size: 29.8 x 28.8 cm / 11.7 x 11.3 in

Additional Information: This etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" at the lower right.
Käthe Kollwitz worked on this plate since 1905. This impression was printed in 1921 as the XI (11th) state of the plate by Richter.
The etching is inscribed in the plate with the printer's details and date at the lower right margin "1921", "Druck von O. Felsing S.W"
This edition of the etching was published in 1921 in a limited edition of 200 signed impressions but not all of them were printed on copper paper.
This is the third plate in the series "Bauernkrieg".

Literature:
1. Klipstein, August. 1955. Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, New York: Galerie St. Etienne.
Reference: Klipstein 90 X, illustrated on page 116.
2. Von dem Knesebeck, Alexandra. 2002. Kathe Kollwitz: Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, Band I, 1890-1913. Bern: Verlag Kornfeld.
Reference: Knesebeck 88 XI b.

Condition: The paper has been folded on four sides. Some creases throughout. A tear in the upper edge on the left part. A tear on the right side. A scratch on the bottom side.