Sale: 344 / Modern Art, April 28. 2009 in Munich Lot 454

 
Käthe Kollwitz - Schlachtfeld


454
Käthe Kollwitz
Schlachtfeld, 1907.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,284
Sold:
€ 1,680 / $ 1,797

(incl. surcharge)

Schlachtfeld. 1907.
Drypoint, aquatint and soft-ground etching.
Knesebeck 100 X b (of XV b). Signed. One of circa 300 copies. On copper plate printing paper. 41 : 53 cm (16,1 : 20,8 in). Sheet: 55,8 x 72,4 cm (21,9 x 28,5 in).

Plate 6 from the cycle "Bauernkrieg" in the edition from 1908, of which 200 copies were made for the "Verbindung für historische Kunst" and another 100 for the art shop Emil Richter, Dresden. [NB]
Good overall impression. Corners and side edges with faint squeeze marks, lower margin with a tiny split. With isolated minimal traces of rubbings and slightly soiled.




454
Käthe Kollwitz
Schlachtfeld, 1907.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,284
Sold:
€ 1,680 / $ 1,797

(incl. surcharge)