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Käthe Kollwitz

German · 1867–1945 · Painter, Printmaker

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Käthe Kollwitz, Pietà, 1903, Colour chalk and brush lithograph, with mezzotint in the drawing stone, from the dark brown printing drawing stone and the clay stone for the background in blue-blackPietàKornfeld · CHF 1,100,000≈ $1,141,470≈ £930,749≈ €1,088,566Sign up to see
  2. Käthe Kollwitz, Die Freiwilligen, 1921, Brush and pen in Indian ink over preliminary drawing in pencil, heightened with opaque white (Deckweiss) and corrected, on two sheets glued togetherDie FreiwilligenKornfeld · CHF 750,000≈ $885,375≈ £674,983≈ €799,003Sign up to see
  3. Käthe Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis en faceSelbstbildnis en faceKornfeld · CHF 730,000≈ $786,721≈ £570,088≈ €667,845Sign up to see

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  1. Käthe Kollwitz, Tod, Mutter & Kind (Death, Mother & Child), 1910, Etching and aquatint
    Tod, Mutter & Kind (Death, Mother & Child), 1910
    Etching
    Image: 15.50" h x 15.50" w
    Clarke Auction Gallery · · Lot 29
    $200≈ £148≈ €173HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
  2. Uberfahren (Run Over), 1910
    Etching
    12 1/2 x 10 in.
    Cottone Auctions · · Lot 106
    $915≈ £688≈ €796Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Cottone Auctions ↗
  3. Käthe Kollwitz, Mother and Child, Etching on Paper
    Mother and Child
    Etching · Paper
    H 7.6" W 4.9"
    DuMouchelles · · Lot 4033
    $50≈ £38≈ €43HammerSign up free to seeEst. $100–200View at DuMouchelles ↗
  4. Losbruch (Outbreak), from the cycle Bauernkrieg (The Peasant's War), (Klipstein, no. 66), 1902/1903
    Etching · Paper · ed. 1902/1903
    plate 20-1/8 x 23-1/8 in.
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 596
    $250≈ £191≈ €216HammerSign up free to seeEst. $500–700View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  5. Three Prints, 1905
    Etching · Paper
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 599
    $200≈ £152≈ €173HammerSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  6. Two Prints
    Etching · Paper
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 600
    $300≈ £229≈ €259HammerSign up free to seeEst. $600–900View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  7. Two Self Portraits, 1912
    Etching · Paper
    plate 5-1/2 x 4 in.
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 602
    $150≈ £114≈ €130HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–600View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  8. Käthe Kollwitz, Arbeitslos (Unemployment), 1909, etching on paper
    Arbeitslos (Unemployment), 1909
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 37 by 53,5cm; sheet size: 49 by 70cm; 61 by 77 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 143
    ZAR 30,032≈ $1,741≈ £1,311≈ €1,497Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 25,000–35,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  9. Käthe Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis, 1912/1920, Radierung auf Velin
    Selbstbildnis, 1912/1920
    Etching · Paper
    14 x 10cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 87
    €4,534≈ $5,358≈ £3,936Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–View at Van Ham ↗
  10. Käthe Kollwitz, Frau mit totem Kind, 1903, Line etching, drypoint, burnisher and vernis mou on greenish-grey china paper, pasted on strong velin paper
    Frau mit totem Kind, 1903
    Etching · Paper
    42.4 x 48.6 cm, plate mark; 45.3 x 51 cm, sheet size
    Kornfeld · · Lot 367
    CHF 10,000≈ $12,503≈ £9,253≈ €10,700HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 6,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
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