(Königsberg 1867–1945 Moritzburg)
Die Klage, 1938–40, the cast probably dating from after 1959, dark patinated bronze, signed Kollwitz, with foundry mark H. Noack Berlin, height 26.6 cm

We are grateful to Annette Seeler, Berlin, who is currently preparing the first catalogue raisonné of Käthe Kollwitz’s sculptures for the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne, for her kind assistance.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany (for around 30 years)

Exhibition (selection):
Cologne, 1984, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Skulptur des Expressionismus, cat. no. 88, ill. (a different example);
Hannover 1990, Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Käthe Kollwitz. Druckgraphik, Handzeichnungen, Plastik, p. 62, ill. (in the reverse direction);
Berlin 2005, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, Hommage an/Homage to Käthe Kollwitz, pp. 134/35, ill. in colour (a different example);
Berlin 2011, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, Käthe Kollwitz. Bildhauerin aus Leidenschaft. Das plastische Werk, p. 94, ill. in colour (a different example)

Literature:
Käthe Kollwitz. Das plastische Werk, ed. by Hans Kollwitz, with a foreword by Leopold Reidemeister, Hamburg. 1967, ill.;
Käthe Kollwitz. Zeichnung, Grafik, Plastik, inventory catalogue of the Käthe-Kolliwtz-Museum, Berlin, ed. by Annette Seeler, Berlin, 1999, cat. no. 171, ill. in colour on p. 357 (a different example)