Käthe Kollwitz - 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Rebecca Shulman, New York (by 1972)
    Doyle, New York, May 1, 1997, lot 79
    Ruth O'Hara (acquired at the above sale)

  • Literature

    Gerhard Strauss, Käthe Kollwitz, Dresden, 1950, p. 140 (illustrated)
    Werner Schumann, Ein Herz schlagt fur die Mutter, Hannover, 1953, p. 95 (illustrated)
    Herbert Bittner, Käthe Kollwitz Drawings, New York, 1959, no. 127, p. 33 (titled as Mutter mit Kindern; illustrated, n.p.)
    Carl Zigrosser, Prints and Drawings of Käthe Kollwitz, New York, 1969, frontispiece (illustrated)
    Otto Nagel, The Drawings of Käthe Kollwitz, New York, 1972, no. 1231, p. 440 (illustrated, p. 441)

Property from the Estate of Ruth O’Hara

130

Mutter, zwei Kinder an sich pressend

signed and dated “Käthe Kollwitz 1932” lower right
charcoal on paper
sheet 23 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (60.5 x 46.4 cm)
image 20 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (53 x 43 cm)
framed 27 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (70.7 x 66 cm)

Executed in 1932.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $56,700

Contact Specialist

John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261

jmccord@phillips.com

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York 8 December 2020