Bidspirit auction | Käthe Kollwitz: Krieg

Käthe Kollwitz: Krieg - KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE 1867 Königsberg - 1945 Moritzburg Title: Krieg. Subtitle: Complete Portfolio of 7 Woodcuts. Date: 1921/22. Technique: Each: Woodcut on Japan. Dimensions : Different image dimensions. Sheet size: 47,5 x 65,5cm and 65,5 x 47,5cm respectively. Signature : Each signed and numbered. Additionally numbered in the imprint. Publisher: Emil Richter, Dresden (publisher). Number: 6/100. Portfolio: In original portfolio. This portfolio is edition A on imperial Japanese paper. This edition of the war sequence was the only one to appear in a portfolio made of hammered paper with the woodcut 'Die Witwe I' on the front. Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia Literature: - Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem: Käthe Kollwitz - Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, vol. 2, 1914-1942, Bern 2002, cat. rais. no. 173 (condition IV.b.), 174 and 175 (each V.b.), 176 und 178 (each VII.b.), 179 (IX.b.), 190 (VII.b.), ill. (here with deviating sheet dimensions). Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue Käthe Kollwitz Germany Berlin Secession Modern Art Prints 1920s War Print Woodcut