Im Profil. 1910.
Charcoal drawing.
Signed and dated in lower right. On laid paper (with the watermark). 55.5 x 43 cm (21.8 x 16.9 in), size of sheet.
The work presumably shows Käthe Kollwitz' older brother Conrad Schmidt.
With a discarded charcoal drawing on the reverse. [SM].

• Käthe Kollwitz is one of the most important German artists of the 20th century.
• The Städel Museum in Frankfurt honors the artist with a comprehensive exhibition from March 20 to June 9, 2024.
• An expressive and detailed composition that testifies to Kollwitz' quality as a draughtswoman.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1977: Lempertz Cologne).

LITERATURE: Otto Nagel, Werner Timm, Käthe Kollwitz. Die Handzeichnungen, Berlin 1972, no. 572a.
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Lempertz, Cologne, 558. auction on May 21, 1977, lot 325.