2nd Jun, 2015 10:00
20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ART & DESIGN
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▲ Käthe Kollwitz (German
LOSBRUCH (OUTBREAK) (Klipstein 66; Knesebeck 70 XIIIa)
Drypoint etching, signed and dated 1902 in the plate l.r., printed by O. Felsing, Berlin
51 x 57cm
This is the fifth plate - and earliest plate to be finished - from Kollwitz's series 'Bauernkrieg' (The Peasants' Revolt), a cycle based on the Peasants' Revolt of 1522-5, which occurred in Germany during the Protestant Reformation.
With the inclusion of 'Black Anna', the incendiary figure with upraised arms, this is the only plate from the series to represent an identifiable historical character or event. Kollwitz identified the woman as 'Black Anna' in a letter to Arthur Bonus. She derived the figure itself from an illustration by Arthur Boyd Houghton published in 'The Graphic' of 8 April 1871 (reproduced Paul Hogarth, 'Arthur Boyd Houghton', London 1981, p.115). The Verbindung für historische Kunst (Society for Historical Art) commissioned the series, then published and distributed the seven plates to its members in 1908.
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Sold for £200
Condition Report
Repaired tear, creases, dirt marks.
Unsure of version, no seal, creases and tears to edges.
We are unsure of the date of this edition.
From the Estate of Frank Whitford (1941-2014), art historian and critic. He was one of the leading experts on 20th century German and Austrian Art. He also curated Eduardo Paolozzi's first major retrospective at the Tate Gallery in 1971. He lectured at University College London, the Royal College of Art and Homerton College.
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Auction: 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ART & DESIGN, 2nd Jun, 2015
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