Sale: 439 / Modern Art II, Dec. 08. 2016 in Munich Lot 14

 

14
Käthe Kollwitz
Die Gefangenen, 1908.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 8,750 / $ 9,362

(incl. surcharge)
Die Gefangenen. 1908.
Line etching, Drypoint and softground etching with screen printing. In brown.
Knesebeck 102 V b (of X). Signed. From an edition of ca. 300 copies of this state. Splendid print from the completed plate, before the date. On copper plate printing paper. 32.5 x 42.5 cm (12.7 x 16.7 in). Sheet: 44,8 x 61,3 cm (17,6 x 24,1 in).
Sheet 7 from the cycle "Bauernkrieg". [CB].

PROVENANCE: Collection Beate Bonus-Jeep (as present from the artist).\line Kupferstichkabinett Berlin (verso with stamp and the invalidity stamp from 1991).\line Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 58th auction, 6 December 1991, lot 7536.\line Private collection Hesse.

EXHIBITION: Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). Zum 20. Todestag der Künstlerin, Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, July - September 1965, cat. no. 36.




14
Käthe Kollwitz
Die Gefangenen, 1908.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 8,750 / $ 9,362

(incl. surcharge)