Käthe Kollwitz

Pietà (Mutter mit totem Sohn)
1937-39 / cast before 1958

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Bronze

37.85 × 28.35 × 40 cm / 14 7/8 × 11 3/16 × 15 3/4 in

Signed and with the foundry stamp "H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU" on the reverse

Cast posthumously before 1958 Edition of 21 known casts 1950-1985

Catalogue Raisonné Seeler 2016 No. 37 II.B.3

Provenance

Lafayette Parke Gallery, New York/San Francisco (-1993); Alfred & Ingrid Lenz Harrison Collection, Wayzata, USA (May 1993 - 2022).

Literature

Annette Seeler, "Käthe Kollwitz – Die Plastik. Werkverzeichnis", München 2016, Nr. 37 II.B.3

Käthe Kollwitz, born in Königsberg, is probably the most important German female artist of the 20th century.