Käthe Kollwitz Posthumous Restrike Etching "Mother with a Child in Her Arms"

Item Details

Käthe Kollwitz
Mother Holding Child in Her Arms
Etching on paper
Unsigned

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867 – 1945)
Mother with a Child in Her Arms, plate produced 1910, impressions made 1946/48 & 1963/65
Posthumous restrike etching on paper
Unsigned
Published by Von der Becke
Blind stamp to the lower right

A posthumous restrike etching on paper by well-listed German Expressionist artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867 – 1945) titled Mother Holding Child in Her Arms. The work is unsigned and features a Von der Becke blind stamp to the lower right margin. It is presented matted and housed in a wooden frame under acrylic glass.

Käthe Kollwitz was a German Expressionist artist. Born in 1867 in Prussia, Kollwitz studied art in Munich, Germany. Her work focuses on genre subjects, and depictions of lower and middle class life. Her work can be found in collections including The Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin.

Condition

- paper is discolored; light foxing throughout; mat burn and discoloration of mat.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 4.75" W x 7.5" H.

Item #

18BOS158-173