Kauernde Frau mit Kind in Schob, 1916 (Crouching woman with child in lap) (Facsimile of a charcoal drawing on laid paper. Impression from the 1921 from the Richter Portfolio.)
Dresden: Emil Richter Verlag Dresden / Inhaber Dr. R. H. Meier, [ca 1927]. Large format facsimile of the original drawing 21 x 16 inches. Very Good+. Protected by transparent sheet and mat board.
The emotional strength of Kollwitz' art, even in her more tender moments, gives her prints an inescapable power. The combination of the line, texture and tonal ink creates a three dimensional quality. Kollwitz' work was the expression of human experience; her sympathy with the terrible deprivations of the poor lead her to the politics of the left. Yet her art was never political-it was of heartfelt human emotion. The genuine joy and comfort of the relationship between mother and child is the clear message of this lithograph.
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 #18-8004
Price: $900.00