Turm der Mütter

Details

Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Turm der Mütter
signed and stamped with foundry mark 'Kollwitz H. NOACK BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Conceived in 1937-1938; this bronze version cast by 1970

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 10 December 1982, lot 54.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.

Lot Essay

Ms. Annette Seeler, Berlin, author of the recently published catalogue raisonné of Kollwitz' sculptures, has confirmed from photographs and other significant material that this bronze is an authorized posthumous cast.

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