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No. 2835 | *BEST-OF* Art & Antiques

Eppli Auktionshalle, Heilbronner Straße 9-13, DE-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen  

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Completed | Physical auction

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Catalog number: 830 / Lot number: 1098835

KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE (1867-1945), "Pietà" (auch "Mutter mit totem Sohn"), 1937-1939,

Starting price 60.000 EUR
Estimated price: 60.000 EUR - 80.000 EUR

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Result:
60.000 EUR

Bronze, brüniert, vollplastische, hohl gegossene Figurengruppe, im Guss signiert 'Kollwitz', darunter zweiteiliger Gießerstempel 'BERLIN' 'HNOACK', wohl postume Gussausführung, HxBxT: ca. 38x28x40 cm. Leichte Alters- und Beriebspuren. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (Kopie der Kaufrechnung von 1978 liegt bei). LITERATUR: Annette Seeler, Käthe Kollwitz, Die Plastik, Werkverzeichnis, Hrsg.: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Köln, Hirmer 2016, WVZ-Nr. 37. Eine vergrößerte Variante der "Pietà" steht seit 1993 in dem Baudenkmal Neue Wache, Berlin.

| KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE (1867-1945), "Pietà" (also "Mother with dead son"), 1937-1939, bronze, blued, fully plastic, hollow cast group of figures, signed 'Kollwitz' in the cast, underneath a two-part foundry mark 'BERLIN' ' HNOACK', probably posthumous cast version, HxWxD: approx. 38x28x40 cm. Slight signs of age and wear. PROVENANCE: Gallery Valentien, Stuttgart (a copy of the purchase invoice from 1978 is enclosed). LITERATURE: Annette Seeler, Käthe Kollwitz, 'Die Plastik', catalog raisonné, ed.: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Köln, Hirmer 2016, WVZ-Nr. 37. An enlarged variant of the "Pietà" has been in the monument 'Neue Wache' in Berlin, since 1993.

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