Kathe Kollwitz (1867–1945)
“At the Church Wall”
(An der Kirchenmauer), 1893, from a later (c1931?) edition with engraved text of
the earlier edition erased and without the Becke blind-stamp.
Etching and
drypoint on cream-colored wove paper, backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet)
35.5 x 24.7 cm; (plate) 25.2 x 13.3 cm; (image borderline) 23.9 x 11.6 cm.
State v (b)
with burnished engraved text and without stamped signature or blindstamp of
Becke.
Klipstein 1955,
no. 19, state v(b) (August Klipstein 1955, “Käthe Kollwitz, Verzeichnis des
graphischen Werkes”, Bern, Klipstein & Co, pp. 21–22)
Klipstein (1955)
offers the following insight about this print:
(transl.) “[This
print is] one of the first three works that the artist exhibited in July 1893
at the ‘Free Art Exhibition’ in Berlin and which caught the attention of art
critic Julius Elias” (p. 22).
See the
description of this print at the National Gallery of Art:
Condition:
richly inked and well-printed impression with margins in very good condition
(i.e. there are no tears, holes, creases, abrasions, stains or foxing), backed
with a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. There are pencil
notations along the lower edge of the sheet from a previous collector.
I am selling
this graphically powerful etching—a small masterpiece capturing the profound
sadness and despair of a dispossessed woman outside a church—for AU$630
(currently US$448.56/EUR393.56/GBP352.55 at the time of this listing) including
postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course, any import
duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are
interested in purchasing this remarkable etching by Kollwitz, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the
payment easy.
This print has been sold
