An der Kirchenmauer (By the Church Wall), by Kathe Kollwitz, (German, (1878-1945) Wood Engraving on warm white wove paper

on warm white wove paper

signed in the plate bottom center below the ruled border

Demo series 69

one of 6 color wood engravings published to illustrate a limited edition of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" by Oscar Wilde

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An der Kirchenmauer (By the Church Wall), by Kathe Kollwitz, (German, (1878-1945) Wood Engraving on warm white wove paperEtching 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,