KOLLWITZ (Käthe) - Lot 138

KOLLWITZ (Käthe) Käthe KOLLWITZ (1867–1945). Catalog of the exhibition organized by the German Council of Fine Arts to mark the artist’s centennial. Paris, Goethe-Institut, 1967. Catalog published for the major Paris exhibition dedicated to Käthe Kollwitz, a leading figure of German Expressionism. An engraver, draftsman, and sculptor, the artist devoted her work to themes of the human condition, poverty, mourning, motherhood, and the ravages of war. The book reproduces a representative selection of her prints, drawings, and sculptures, allowing readers to appreciate the expressive power of her line and the emotional intensity of her artistic world. An important testament to the rediscovery of Kollwitz in France in the 1960s. Quarto, illustrated paperback, numerous reproductions.