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Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Losbruch, plate 5 from Bauernkrieg (Klipstein 66)
etching, 1903, on Van Gelder laid paper, ninth state (of eleven), signed in pencil, from the edition by Richter, 1921, with margins, light- and mountstained, foxing visible in the clouds, mainly visible in the upper and lower left part of the image and in the lower left margin, two diagonal creases at the lower left margin edge, just through the image corner, a weak spot at the lower right image corner at the (slightly erased) etched number 1921, glued onto the mount, additionally laid down, with brown papertape along the upper reverse edge and at the lower corners, with plastic tape along the reverse side edges, the reverse lightstained, with numerous tiny waterstains, the side edges with ruststains, a tear and few places with small paperloss at the right edge, otherwise in good condition
L. 492 x 575 mm.; S. 560 x 736 mm.
Losbruch, plate 5 from Bauernkrieg (Klipstein 66)
etching, 1903, on Van Gelder laid paper, ninth state (of eleven), signed in pencil, from the edition by Richter, 1921, with margins, light- and mountstained, foxing visible in the clouds, mainly visible in the upper and lower left part of the image and in the lower left margin, two diagonal creases at the lower left margin edge, just through the image corner, a weak spot at the lower right image corner at the (slightly erased) etched number 1921, glued onto the mount, additionally laid down, with brown papertape along the upper reverse edge and at the lower corners, with plastic tape along the reverse side edges, the reverse lightstained, with numerous tiny waterstains, the side edges with ruststains, a tear and few places with small paperloss at the right edge, otherwise in good condition
L. 492 x 575 mm.; S. 560 x 736 mm.