Selbstbildnis Von Vorn - Self Portrait from the Front. by Käthe Kollwitz, 1867-1945

Käthe Kollwitz, 1867-1945
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Selbstbildnis Von Vorn - Self Portrait from the Front.

Original woodcut in black ink. 1923. Signed in pencil. From the only issued edition of 275 impressions. Printed at the studio of Emil Richter. Issued for the album: Kollwitz.. Published by Emil Richter Verlag Dresden 1923.
Ref: Klipstein - Kollwitz Das Graphisches Werk no 168 (xiii) as completed.

Excellent strong crisp impression. On pale cream wove paper. Excellent condition. With the full small margins, as issued, the pencil signature extending virtually to the right sheet edge as always. Block: 5 7/8 x 6 1/4 ins. (150 x 155mm).

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Kollwitz created some of the most powerful and disturbing images of German art in the period up to the First War through her studies of the social degradation of the poor. Identifying herself closely with the message of her art, and reminded constantly of the situation of the underprivileged of the period through her work with her doctor husband in the poorest parts of Berlin, she used the theme of the Self Portrait as a symbol of her message.

Her art was often at its most powerful in the medium of woodcut, where she used the contrasts of black and white and the deliberate simplification of form to emphasise the visual message. This woodcut Self Portrait illustrates the constantly disturbing impact of her imagery.