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Käthe Kollwitz’s etching, “Zertretene”
Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) “Zertretene” (The Downtrodden), 1900 Etching and aquatint printed with dark brown ink on thick wove paper. (Note that this print has been cleaned by a conservator and the von Becke blindstamp has been flattened and only the trace of it can be seen verso at the bottom right.) Size: (sheet) 80 x 43 cm; (plate) 62.8 x 23.8 cm Klipstein 48 (August Klipstein, 'Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes', Bern 1955) Condition: richly inked and well printed impression with full…
