Käthe Kollwitz. German. 1867-1945.
Maria und Elisabeth. Version III. 1928. Woodcut. Klipstein 234,Vb; von dem Knesebeck 249.vi.a. 14 1/4 x 13 3/4. Edition 150 in this state. Signed in pencil. This is the largest of the three prints that Kollwitz made on this moving interpretation of a religious subject. Elizabeth is on the left and Mary is on the right. Illustrated: Carl Zigrosser, Prints and Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz, (New York: Dover, 1951); Minna C. and H. Arthur Klein, Kathe Kollwitz: Life in Art (New York: Schocken Books, 1975). A glowing impression on Japanese mulberry paper. $9,750.
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