(Women) Artists
(Women) Artists
Käthe Kollwitz
Die Klage (The Lament)
Lot Closed
March 23, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 - 1945
Die Klage (The Lament)
inscribed Kollwitz
bronze
Height: 27.3cm., 10¾in.
Conceived in 1938; this example cast in 1942-43 by the Noack foundry.
Otto & Cläry Bartning, Karlsruhe (acquired from the artist in 1942-43)
Private Collection (by decent from the above in 1966. Sold: Christie's, London, 25th June 2008, lot 572)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection (by decent from the above in 1966. Sold: Christie's, London, 25th June 2008, lot 572)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Adolf Heilborn, Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin, 1949, p. 89, illustration of the plaster p. 89
Otto Nagel, Käthe Kollwitz, Dresden, 1963, illustrated n. p.
Mina C. & H. Arthur Klein, Käthe Kollwitz, Life in Art, New York, 1975, illustration of the plaster p. 140
Käthe Kollwitz. Druckgraphik, Handzeichnungen, Plastik (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Hanover, 1990, illustrated p. 62
Annette Seeler (ed.), Käthe Kollwitz. Zeichnung, Grafik, Plastik, Bestandskatalog des Käthe-Kollwitz-Museums Berlin, Berlin, 1999, no. 171, illustrated in colour p. 357
Annette Seeler, Käthe Kollwitz: Die Plastik, Werkverzeichnis Onlinekatalog, Cologne, 2019, no. 38 I.B.2, illustration of another cast p. 210
Otto Nagel, Käthe Kollwitz, Dresden, 1963, illustrated n. p.
Mina C. & H. Arthur Klein, Käthe Kollwitz, Life in Art, New York, 1975, illustration of the plaster p. 140
Käthe Kollwitz. Druckgraphik, Handzeichnungen, Plastik (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Hanover, 1990, illustrated p. 62
Annette Seeler (ed.), Käthe Kollwitz. Zeichnung, Grafik, Plastik, Bestandskatalog des Käthe-Kollwitz-Museums Berlin, Berlin, 1999, no. 171, illustrated in colour p. 357
Annette Seeler, Käthe Kollwitz: Die Plastik, Werkverzeichnis Onlinekatalog, Cologne, 2019, no. 38 I.B.2, illustration of another cast p. 210