An der Kirchenmauer (By the Church Wall), by Kathe Kollwitz, (German, (1878-1945) Wood Engraving Slate Print in Color

Slate Print in Color

titled & dedicated: To my friend snd biographer

Demo series 69

(1867-1936)

an old repaired tear to support sheet at right margin edge center

An der Kirchenmauer (By the Church Wall), by Kathe Kollwitz, (German, (1878-1945) Wood Engraving Slate Print in ColorEtching with Drypoint, 1893, posthumous ed. unknown, printed circa 1963 72, Kl. 19 Vlb, unsigned, with the A. V. D. Becke Munchen 22 dry stamp lower right, final state, plate 9 15 16 x 5 3 16, image 9 3 8 x 4 7 16, pale hint of lightening within mat opening, printed in a warm black ink on thick cream wove paper. A fine late impression with rich contrasts of this early image by Kollwitz. Otto Nagel, the author of a book on Kollwitz's self portraits,