Kthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Sitzende Mtter mit Kindern
signed twice 'Kthe Kollwitz'
pencil, brush and black ink on buff paper
18 x 27.5/8 in. (47 x 70.2 cm.)
Executed in 1920
Provenance
E. Cohn, New York.
Literature
C. Zigrosser, Kthe Kollwitz, New York, 1946, p. 32 (illustrated).
W. Schumann, Ein Herz schlgt fr die Mtter. 100 Handzeichnungen von Kthe Kollwitz, Hanover, 1953 (illustrated no. 84).
H. Bittner, Kthe Kollwitz. Drawings, New York, 1959, no. 80.
O. Nagel (ed.), Kthe Kollwitz - Die Handzeichnungen, Berlin, 1980, no. 875 (illustrated p. 365).
Lot Essay
The present work is also related to Kollwitz's lithograph In der Sprechstunde des Kinderarztes of 1920 (Kl. 149).