Property from the Estate of Ann Nisenson, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara
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Käthe Kollwitz
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
$50,000
Lot Details
Bronze with dull brown patina and shell limestone base.
model conceived 1926-36, cast from 1937-39
sculpture: 14 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (37.1 x 23.5 x 29.5 cm)
with base: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
with base: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
One of three located lifetime casts, up to eight were cast in total during the lifetime of the artist, plus a posthumous edition of 37 to 45 bronzes.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
We would like to give sincere thanks to Dr. Annette Seeler for her thorough research and confirmation that this example is a lifetime cast, after examining the work in person. Another cast from the posthumous edition of this sculpture is on the cover of Käthe Kollwitz. Die Plastik - Werkverzeichnis, conceived and compiled by Dr. Annette Seeler (author) and edited by the Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Munich, 2016. This example will be cited in the updated version spring of 2017.
Two other known lifetime casts are in a private collection in Bern, Switzerland and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary. Käthe Kollwitz
Two other known lifetime casts are in a private collection in Bern, Switzerland and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary. Käthe Kollwitz
Provenance
Literature