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Property from the Estate of Catherine Epstein

Käthe Kollwitz

Halbfigur einer Frau mit der rechten Hand den Mund bedeckend (Half Length Figure of a Woman with Her Right Hand Covering Her Mouth)

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Catherine Epstein

Käthe Kollwitz

1867 - 1945


Halbfigur einer Frau mit der rechten Hand den Mund bedeckend (Half Length Figure of a Woman with Her Right Hand Covering Her Mouth)

signed Käthe Kollwitz (lower right)

lithographic crayon on paper

15 by 11 in.

38.1 by 27.9 cm.

Executed in 1905.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne.

Please note the medium of this lot has been updated.

Henry Seldis, Berlin and Los Angeles

Henry J. Seldis Jr., Los Angeles (acquired by descent from the above)

Mark Seldis, Los Angeles (acquired by descent from the above)

Jack Rutberg Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired by 1986)

Private Collection, Chicago (acquired circa 1990)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Laguna Beach Museum of Art, A Tribute to Henry Seidis, 1978, no. 32, p. 21, illustrated (titled Untitled)