Käthe Kollwitz | Grabrelief (Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände)

KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE
1867 Königsberg - 1945 Moritzburg

Title: Grabrelief (Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände).
Date: 1935-36 (model).
Technique: Bronze, dark brown patinated.
Measurement: 34,5 x 31 x 9cm.
Notation: Signed (hallmarked) on the lower lateral surface: KOLLWITZ.
Foundry Mark: Here foundry mark in the left corner: H. NOACK BERLIN. On the lower right edge remains of the former signet of the foundry, which was also cast by the model, with indication of the city district "FRIEDENAU".

After examining relevant material, Dr. Annette Seeler, author of the catalogue raisonné of Käthe Kollwitz's sculpture, considers the present specimen to be an authorised posthumous cast, which according to her current knowledge was presumably produced by Model IV in the 1960s.

Provenance:
- Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate

Literature:
- Seeler, Annette: Käthe Kollwitz - Die Plastik. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2016, cat. rais. no. 30
- Seeler, Annette: Käthe Kollwitz - Die Plastik. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2016, cat. rais. no. 30, complementary online catalogue (as of: January 2019), available on the website of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne.