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Käthe Kollwitz

Königsberg (today Kaliningrad) 1867 – 1945 Moritzburg

„Der Tod greift nach den Kindern“. Circa 1921/22

Chalk on yellowish paper. 58,2 × 45,2 cm (22 ⅞ × 17 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Käthe Kollwitz. „Der Tod greift nach den Kindern“. Circa 1921/22.

Estimate:

EUR 100,000

 

- 150,000

USD 114,000

 

- 170,000

Sold for:

125,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Bernd Schultz Collection III, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Chalk on yellowish paper. 58,2 × 45,2 cm (22 ⅞ × 17 ¾ in.). Signed lower right: Käthe Kollwitz. Catalogue raisonné: Nail/Timm 889. Preliminary drawing for the lithograph „Tod packt eine Frau“ from 1934. Sheet 8 from the set: Tod (von dem Knesebeck 267 (here labelled as sheet 4).

Private Collection, Cologne (1990s)

Meisterwerke der klassischen Moderne. Kampen, Galerie Pels-Leusden, 1998, cat. no. 50, p. 24/58, Illustration p. 25 / Kunst - Handel - Leidenschaft. 50 Jahre Galerie Pels-Leusden. Berlin, Kampen, Zürich, 2000, p. 70/156, Illustration p. 71/156

Auction 14: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, R. N. Ketterer, Stuttgart, 9 November 1951, cat. no. 1668

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