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KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945)

Lot 346
16.10.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 346 | KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945)
Estimate value
£ 35 000 – 55 000
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945)
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signed Käthe Kollwitz (lower right)
charcoal on buff paper
55,3 x 44,1 cm. (21 ¾ x 17 3/8 in.)
Executed in 1888




Provenance

Salman Schocken (1877-1959), Germany, Israel & United States; then by descent; Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 5 June 1967, lot 663.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

O. Nagel (ed.), Käthe Kollwitz - Die Handzeichnungen, Berlin, 1980, no. 10, pp. 178-179 (ill.).
U.M. Schneede, Käthe Kollwitz: das zeichnerische Werk, Munich, 1981, no. 4, p. 14 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions).



Exhibited

Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Käthe Kollwitz: Die Zeichnerin, November - December 1980, no. 3, pp. 16 (ill.) & 183; this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, January - March 1981.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers - Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March - October 1999, pp. 48 (ill.) & 99.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Weibsbilder, September 2000 - March 2001 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mit dem inneren Auge sehen - Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, September 2016 - January 2017, no. 16, pp. 49 (ill.) & 76.
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Taking a Stand: Käthe Kollwitz with Interventions by Mona Hatoum, August - November 2023, no. 9, pp. 83 (ill.) & 230; this exhibition later travelled to Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, March - June 2024.



Further Details

We thank Hannelore Fischer for her help in researching and cataloguing this work.
Artist:Kete Kolwitz (1867 - 1945)
Applied technique:Chalk
Medium:Stone
Art style:Expressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings
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