Tanz um die Guillotine, 1901 (The Dance of the Guillotine) (Facsimile of pencil drawing. Plate 9 of 24 from the Richter Portfolio.)
Dresden: Emil Richter Verlag Dresden / Inhaber Dr. R. H. Meier, [ca 1927]. Large format facsimile of the original drawing 22 x 16¾ inches. Very Good+. Protected by transparent sheet and mat board.
The subject of this drawing is based on a scene from “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens.
As published in Käthe Kollwitz / Handzeichnungen / in originalgetreuen Wiedergaben / Emil Richter Verlag Dresden / Inhaber Dr. R. H. Meier. Directed by Fritz Boettger.
Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s]), (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist, who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger, and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman to not only be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but to also receive honorary professor status. Item #18-7998
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