Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 7 - 14 March 2022

Prints and Multiples

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ZAR 32 830
Lot 132
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow
  • Käthe Kollwitz; The Sweat of thy Brow


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 32 830

About this Item

German 1867-1945
The Sweat of thy Brow

signed in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the title and dated 1935 on the reverse

etching and aquatint on paper
plate size: 32 by 46cm; 45,5 by 58 by 3cm including frame

Notes

This print is from the Peasants' Revolt [Bauernkrieg] series. One of many social upheavals during the Reformation in Germany, rather than being religious in nature, this revolt of 1522–5 was a protest against the poor living conditions of the peasantry.

Another impression from the edition forms part of the British Museum Collection, no. 1949.0411.3940.

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