Abschied (Woman)
1910
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 11 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. .
Image size: 21" x 17 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 601
Inventory# 51636
Abschied und Tod(Departure and Death)
1923
Original crayon lithograph with wide margins. Hand signed by the artist, "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. Impression from the second state of two according to Knesebeck. From an edition of 100. A very good impression with all the subtle tonal variations printed clearly. The lithographic stone was later destroyed.
Image size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 187; Knesebeck 200 IIb/IIc
Inventory# 51631
Arbeiterfrau (Working woman)
1906
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing on laid paper. Impression from the 1921 Richter portfolio.
Sheet size: 22 3/4" x 17 1/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 406
Inventory# 51761
Arbeiterfrau mit Schlafendim Jungin (Working Woman with Sleeping Child)
1927
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." With number, "5" in lower right.
Image size: 17" x 13 3/4"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue Reference: Knesebeck 234
Inventory# 51036
Arbeitslosigkeit (Unemployment)
1909
Original etching using aquatint, sandpaper, and soft ground on copperplate paper. According to Knesebeck, the impression is state VII of VIII, with engraved script along the lower edge of the plate. At left: "Orig. Rad. von Käte Kollwitz." At center: "VERLAG VON EMIL RICHTER, DRESDEN." At right: "Druck v. O. Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg." From the Richter edition of1921. Plate no longer in existence.
Platemark: 17 1/4" x 21 1/2"
Sheet size: 18" x 22 7/8"
Catalogue Reference: Klipstein 100; Knesebeck 104 VII/VIII
Inventory# 50844
Beim Artz (At the Doctor's)
1920
Original lithograph on brown machine-made paper. Hand signed by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, middle right, also signed "K" on the stone, middle right. State three of three according to Knesebeck. Distributed in Prussia as a leaflet/poster.
Image size: 15 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Sheet size: 16" x 12 1/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 150; Knesebeck 157 III/III
Inventory# 51671
Beim Artz (At the Doctor's)
1920
Original lithograph on thin Japon paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist in pencil "Kollwitz" lower right, "20/30" lower left. Impression without text, state 1b of 3 according to Knesebeck. From an edition of 30 numbered prints on thin Japon paper. Also signed "K" on the stone, lower right. .
Image size: 8" x 10"
Sheet size: 11 3/4" x 15 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 150; Knesebeck 157 Ib/III
Inventory# 51672
Beim Artz (At the Doctor's)
1908-09
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing. Plate 20 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. The original drawing was for the illustrated satirical literary magazine "Simplicissimus," published weekly by Albert Langen in Munich, Germany from 1896 to 1944. .
Image size: 23 1/2" x 17 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 475; Bittner 42
Inventory# 51651
Besuch im Kinderkrankenhaus (Visit in a Children's Hospital)
1926
Original crayon lithograph on cream wove paper with wide margins. Hand signed by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. First state of two according to Knesebeck. Proof, aside from the edition of 30 on Japon paper. A very good, dark impression. The lithographic stone was later destroyed.
Image size: 10 3/4" x 13"
Sheet size: 16 3/8" x 19 1/16"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 218; Knesebeck 228 I/II
Inventory# 51633
Blatt mit Kinderkoepfen (Sheet with heads of Children)
1909
Facsimile of pencil and crayon drawings. Plate 14 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. .
Image size: 17 3/4" x 23 3/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 524; Bittner 39
Inventory# 51653
Brot! (Bread!)
1933
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. Without original text. With number, "2" in lower right.
Image size: 17" x 13 3/4"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 208 I/II
Inventory# 51039
Carmagnol, 1901
Original line etching, drypoint, aquatint respectively brush etching and sandpaper. With engraved cursive script along the lower plate edge: "Kathe Kollwitz rad" (left) and "Verlag E. A. Seemann, Leipzig" (right). Plate lost.
Platemark: 23 1/8" x 16 1/8", sheet: 29 1/4" x 19 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 51 viii
Inventory# 51836
Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945)
Der Gefesselte (Bound Man)
1928
Possibly a photolithograph. Hand signed in pencil and signed on the lithographic stone, lower right, "Kollwitz." Numbered in pencil at lower left. Impression 21 of 32 from the first and only state. The stone was destroyed.
Platemark: 11 1/2" x 7 3/4"
Sheet size: 21" x 14 7/8"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 229; Knesebeck 241
Inventory# 51601
Die Eltern (The Parents)
1892
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 24 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. A study for the woodcut "Die Eltern" from Kreig (War) cycle. .
Image size: 16 3/4" x 22"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 847
Inventory# 51637
Die Gefangenen (The Prisoners)
1908
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 7 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. A study for plate 7 from Bauernkreig (Peasant's war) cycle. .
Image size: 15 7/8" x 21 7/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 428
Inventory# 51638
Die Kranke und ihre Kinder (Sick Woman and her Children)
1920
Original lithograph on thin Japon paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, "Kollwitz," lower right. Also signed "K" on the stone, lower right. Impression before the text was added, state 1b of 3 according to Knesebeck. From an edition of 30 printed on thin Japon paper. .
Image size: 7" x 12"
Sheet size: 11 3/4" x 15 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 148; Knesebeck 155 Ib/III
Inventory# 51670
Die Kranke und ihre Kinder (Sick Woman and her Children)
1920
Original crayon lithograph composition with monogram. First of the "Three Leaflets against Profiteering." An impression from the third state of three according to Knesebeck. With the additional remark: Landespolizeiamt/beim Staatskommissar für Valksernährung" (Regional Police Authority at the State Comissioner for Nutrition). Distributed in the thousands in Prussia, as leaflet or poster. Printed on thin, brown, machine-made paper with the approximate sheet dimensions 410 x 310 mm. The proofs appear faint, are often with creases, all nuances are missing. Unsigned, but frequently with accommodatory signatures. The lithographic stone was destroyed.
Sheet size: 16 1/8" x 12 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 148; Knesebeck 155 III/III
Inventory# 51594
Drei Kopfe: Mann, Frau und Kind (Three Heads: Man, Woman and Child)
1925
Original crayon lithograph with full margins. Hand signed by the artist "Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. A fine impression. The lithographic stone was later destroyed.
Image size: 4 1/2" x 6"
Sheet size: 14 11/16" x 9 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 210; Knesebeck 224
Inventory# 51632
Frau Kind Liebkosend (Woman Caressing Child)
c.1920
Facsimile reproduction of a charcoal drawing. Plate 13 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio.
Image size: 20 1/8" x 17 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Bittner 82
Inventory# 51640
Frau mit schmerzerfülltem Gesicht (Woman with a pained expression on her face)
1900
Facsimile of a pen and charcoal drawing. Plate 4 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. Study of a woman for "Zertretene" (Downtrodden) from "Ein Weberaufstand" (The Weavers' Revolt.)
Image size: 16 1/2" x 10"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 163; Bittner 10
Inventory# 51645
Frau mit ubereinandergelegten handen (Woman with crossed hands)
1898
Original etching in brown ink on copperplate paper with faded signature, below platemark lower right. Printed by Felsing.
Platemark: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4
Sheet size: 19 3/4 x 15 1/2
Catalogue Reference: Klipstein 41; Knesebeck 43 IVa,b/ VII
Inventory# 50817
Frauenkopf (Woman's head)
1905
Original line etching, drypoint, aquatint and sandpaper. The impression is from state 5b of 5c according to Knesebeck. Stamped with von der Becke's "Kollwitz" signature, in blue ink, lower right. Posthumous impression from Portfolio A, von der Becke edition, Berlin, published circa 1950.
Plate size: 9 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Sheet size: 11 3/4" x 8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 93 Vb/ Vc
Inventory# 51622
from Bauernkrieg: Losbruch
(Outbreak)
1902
Original etching, aquatint, and soft ground printed in brown-black ink on wove paper. Hand signed in pencil in lower right, "Käthe Kollwitz." Dated and signed in the plate lower right. An impression of Klipstein's eleventh and final state. Printed by von der Becke, Munich, 1937. Plate five of seven from the cycle "Bauernkreig" (Peasants' War).
Platemark: 19 1/2 x 23"
Sheet size: 22 x 27 1/4"
Catalogue Reference: Klipstein 66 XI/ XI, Knesebeck 70 XI/ XIII
Inventory# 49669
Gerongene Musik horend (Prisoners Listening to Music)
1925
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. With number, "4" in lower right.
Image size: 16 1/2" x 14 1/4"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 223
Inventory# 51037
Hamburger Kneipe
(Hamburg Tavern)
1901
Original line etching, soft ground and sandpaper. The impression is from state 4c of 4d according to Knesebeck. Stamped with von der Becke's "Kollwitz" signature, in blue ink, lower right. Posthumous impression from Portfolio A, von der Becke edition, Berlin, published circa 1950.
Plate size: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Sheet size: 10 1/4" x 12"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 55 IVc/ IVd
Inventory# 51621
Hans Kollwitz mit Pflegerin (Hans Kollwitz with Guardian)
1894
Facsimile of a wash, pen and ink drawing. Plate 2 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. .
Image size: 8 x 10 5/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 111; Bittner 3
Inventory# 51646
Heimarbeit (Cottage Industry)
1925
Original crayon and brush lithograph printed on soft, rough velin. Hand-signed "Käthe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. From the third state of three states of stone ‘A’. Proofs such as this one were printed circa.1927 for the members of the "Deutsche Kunstgemeinschaft" (German Art Association). Another stone ‘B’ included text for the poster version.
Image size: 13 1/2" x 16 3/4"
Sheet Size: 20 1/16" x 23 15/16"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 209; Knesebeck 217 A.IIIb / III
Inventory# 51564
Helft Russland (Help Russia)
1921
Original lithograph on ribbed laid paper. Hand signed by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. Third state of three according to Knesebeck. From the edition of 300 on ribbed laid paper without text or lithographic signature. Edition for "Künstlerhilfe" of the "Internationale Arbeiterhilfe," distributed by Verlag Paul Cassirer. The lithographic stone was later destroyed.
Image size: 16 1/2" x 18"
Sheet size: 18 1/4" x 24 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 154; Knesebeck 170 III/III
Inventory# 51675
Hockende Frau von vorne mit übereinander gelegten Händen
(Frontal Crouching Woman with Crossed Hands)
1921
Original crayon lithograph on laid paper with wide margins. Hand signed by the artist "K K" in pencil, lower left, also signed "Kollwitz" on the stone, lower right. From the first and only state according to Knesebeck. From the edition for the portfolio "Freie Secession/Berlin/17/Steinzeich-/nungen/Verlag Freie Secession" Berlin, 1921, aside from 100 numbered proofs.
Image size: 12" x 9"
Sheet size: 17 3/4" x 13 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 156; Knesebeck 172 Ib/Ib
Inventory# 51673
Inspiration
1904-05
Original etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on copperplate paper with full margins. Hand signed by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. The rejected first version of the third plate from "Bauernkrieg" cycle. From an edition before the 50 numbered proofs of 1918 Richter edition. A fine impression , apart from the 5/8" inch repaired tear, bottom center margin, far removed from the image.
Platemark: 21 3/4" x 11"
Sheet size: 27" x 17 1/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 91; Knesebeck 86 VIIb or c / Xb
Inventory# 51676
Kauernde Frau mit Kind im Schoß (Crouching woman with child on her lap)
1916
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing on laid paper. Impression from the 1921 Richter portfolio.
Sheet size: 16 7/8" x 21"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 735
Inventory# 51760
Mutter am Bett des toten Kindes (Mother at the Bed of the Dead Child)
1911
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing. Plate 21 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. .
Image size: 17" x 23 5/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 653; Bittner 38
Inventory# 51650
Mütter mit Jungen (Mother with Child)
1933
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. With number, "6" in lower right.
Image size: 15" x 11 1/4"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 258
Inventory# 51033
Mutter mit Kind auf dem Arm (Mother with a child in her Arm)
1910
Original line etching, drypoint and sandpaper. The impression is 7c of 7d states according to Knesebeck. Stamped with von der Becke's "Kollwitz" signature, in blue ink, lower right. Posthumous impression from Portfolio A, von der Becke edition, Berlin, published circa 1950.
Plate size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/4"
Sheet size:10 1/4" x 7 5/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 114 VIIc/ VIId
Inventory# 51625
Mütter, ihre Kinder beschirmend (Mother protecting her children)
1918
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing. Plate 23 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. A study for the 1919 etching and aquatint "Mütter" (Mother.) .
Image size: 17 3/4" x 23 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 756; Bittner 72
Inventory# 51648
Mütter, II. Fassung (Mothers, Second Version)
1919
Original lithograph on smooth velin paper with the watermark "JWZANDERS 1916." Hand signed by the artist in pencil, "Kathe Kollwitz," lower right. Impression from an edition of 275 on smooth velin with the watermark "JWZANDERS 1916," aside from an edition of 25 on Japon paper and several proofs before the edition. The rejected second version of the sixth sheet from the "Krieg" (War) series. The stone was destroyed.
Image size: 17" x 22 1/2"
Sheet size: 19 15/16" x 26 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 135; Knesebeck 140
Inventory# 51710
Nachdenkende Frau (Pensive Woman)
1920
Original crayon lithograph on smooth, light gray paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil lower left. Only three editions were printed by Hermann Birkholz, after which the stone was destroyed.
Image size: 21 1/4" x 19 15/16"
Sheet size: 23 7/16" x 17 7/16"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 147; Knesebeck 160 A.III/ III
Inventory# 51453
Ruf des Todes (Death Summons)
1937
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. With number, "8" in lower right.
Image size: 17 1/2" x 15"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue Reference: Knesebeck 269
Inventory# 51032
Säugling, von den Händen der Mütter gehalten (Baby in the Hands of the Mother)
1909
Facsimile reproduction of a drawing. Plate 16 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. .
Image size: 16 1/2" x 11 5/8"
Sheet size: 20 11/16" x 12 1/2"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 514
Inventory# 51642
Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945)
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)
1912
Original soft-ground etching printed on wove paper. Published by von der Becke.
Platemark: 4" x 5 1/2"
Sheet size: 9 11/16" x 7 13/16"
Catalogue Reference: Klipstein 122 Vlle
Inventory# 51250
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)
1919
Original lithograph on handmade Vellum paper. An impression from an edition of 175. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. The lithographic stone was destroyed.
Image size: 14 3/4" x 12"
Sheet size: 19 3/4" x 15 3/4"
Catalogue Reference: Klipstein 133, Knesebeck 143 Ib/ II
Inventory# 50513
Selbstbildnis, Halbprofil nach rechts (Self-portrait, turned to the right)
1916
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing on grey paper. Impression from the 1921 Richter portfolio.
Sheet size: 14" x 12"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 733
Inventory# 51759
Selbstildnis am Tisch (Self-portrait at a Table)
1893
Original line etching, drypoint, aquatint and brush etching. The impression is from state 6a of 6b according to Knesebeck. Stamped with von der Becke's "Kollwitz" signature, in blue ink, lower right. Posthumous impression from Portfolio A, von der Becke edition, Berlin, published circa 1950.
Plate size: 7 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Sheet size: 13 1/4" x 9 5/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 21 VIa/ VIb
Inventory# 51620
Tanz um die Guillotine (The Dance of the Guillotine)
1901
Facsimile of a pencil drawing. Plate 9 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. The subject of this drawing is based on a scene from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. .
Image size: 16 3/4" x 22 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 179; Bittner 18
Inventory# 51649
Tod (Death)
1897
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 5 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. Drawing for plate 2 of "Ein Weberaufstand" (The Weavers' Revolt) cycle. "Ein Weberaufstand" was Kollwitz' first cycle of etchings and received critical acclaim although the Kaiser disapproved of the work because of its political message. .
Image size: 10" x 8 5/8"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 137; Bittner 6
Inventory# 51647
Tod Greift in Kinderschar (Death Takes the Children)
1934
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. Reduced in size. With number, "9" in lower right.
Image size: 16 1/2" x 14"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 266
Inventory# 51034
Tod Packt Eine Frau (Death Attacks)
1934
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. Reduced from the original size. With number, "10" in lower right.
Image size: 17" x 12 1/2"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue Reference: Knesebeck 267
Inventory# 51035
Tod und Frau (Death and Woman)
1910
Original etching, soft ground and drypoint printed in dark brown ink on wove paper with wide margins. State eight of eight according to Knesebeck. From the von der Becke edition, printed between 1965-1972. Engraved in lower left: "Orig. Rad. von Käthe Kollwitz", also engraved "Druck v. O Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg." With von der Becke's embossed seal "Muenchen-22," lower right. In very fine condition.
Platemark: 17 1/2 " x 17 3/8"
sheet: 21 3/4" x 22"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 103; Knesebeck 107 VIIIb/VIIIb
Inventory# 51678
Verbruderung (Brotherhood)
1924
Photolithograph reproduction of crayon lithograph on smooth paper for the portfolio "Kathe Kollwitz: Ten Lithographs, New York, 1941." Published by Curt Valentin. With number, "3" in lower right.
Image size: 14 3/4" x 10"
Sheet size: 19" x 16 1/8"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 204 d/e
Inventory# 51038
Vergewaltige Beuersfrau (Raped Woman)
1907
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 8 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. A study for plate 2 from Bauernkreig (Peasant's War) cycle. .
Sheet size: 15 1/4" x 23 1/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 418
Inventory# 51639
Verunglücktes Kind (Run Over)
1909-10
Facsimile of a drawing. Plate 18 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio.The drawing is a study for the 1910 etching Überfahren (Run Over.) .
Image size: 23" x 17 5/8"
Sheet size: 24 5/8" x 20"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 576
Inventory# 51634
Vier Männer in der Kneipe (Four Men in a Pub)
1892-1897
Original line etching, drypoint and sandpaper. The impression is state 3c of 3d according to Knesebeck. Stamped with von der Becke's "Kollwitz" signature, in blue ink, lower right. Posthumous impression from Portfolio A, von der Becke edition, Berlin, published circa 1950.
Plate size: 5 1/16" x 6 1/4"
Sheet size: 9 7/8" x 13 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Knesebeck 15 IIIc/ IIId
Inventory# 51627
Wehrt dem Hunger! Kauft Ernährungsgeld (Fight Against Hunger! Buy Food Coupons)
1924
Original lithograph printed with black ink on copperplate paper. Included in the portfolio "Krieg" (War) produced by Internationale Arbeiterhilfe in memory of the ten year anniversary of the beginning of World War I. Signed on the stone lower left, with the additional hand-signature "Käthe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower left. A proof from the 1931 Von der Becke edition.
Image size: 14" x 9"
Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 14 1/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 193; Knesebeck 206 B
Inventory# 51560
Zeichnung Fuer Den "Simplicissimus" Weihnacht (Drawing for Simplicissimus)
1909
Facsimile of a charcoal drawing. Plate 19 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio. The original drawing was for the illustrated satirical literary magazine "Simplicissimus," published weekly by Albert Langen in Munich, Germany from 1896 to 1944. .
Image size: 22 3/8" x 17 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Nagel 503; Bittner 45
Inventory# 51652
Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945)
Zuhörende (Listeners)
1927
Original lithograph on wove paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, "Kathe Kollwitz," lower right. Impression from the second state of three according to Knesebeck. In very good condition. The stone was later destroyed.
Image size: 8 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Sheet size: 18 3/8" x 13 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Klipstein 228; Knesebeck 237 IIc/III
Inventory# 51717
