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Spaightwood Galleries
“The Art that Hitler Hated: Kathe Kollwitz and German Expressionist Printmaking”
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On the right rear wall of the former sanctuary, we have three pieces. Over the door is Couverture, Chagall Lithographe I (M. 261; 1960; our is an unfolded proof of the lithograph designed to serve as the cover to Chagall Lithographe I; below and to the right two etchings by Kathe Kollwitz, the top print is Hamberger Kniepe / Hamburg Tavern (K. 58 iiib), a 1901 etching from a von der Becke edition after 1931. One of Kollwitz most frequently illustrated prints, pwerhaps becauuse of its unusually cheerful subject. Image size: 192x247mm; price: S1600. Beneath it is Vier manner in der kniepe (Kl. 12 iiib). an original soft-ground etching and aquatint, 1892-93. Edition: from the edition of unknown size published in 1921. Kollwitz here captures the conspiratorial and oppressive atmosphere of the German Empire in the late 19th century. This work, while not part of the Weavers' Revolt series, shows Kollwitz already thinking about the themes to be explored in it and could be, von Knesebeck suggests, an early version of Beratung / Conspiracy. Image size: 125x150mm. Price: $1600.
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Couverture, Chagall Lithographe I (M. 281). Original color lithograph, 1960. 25 signed and numbered impressions on Arches and c. 2000 unsigned impressions for Chagall Lithographe I. This image served as the cover to the first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Chagall's lithographs. Ours is a rare unfolded proof of the front cover for Chagall Lithographe I in mint condition. Mat size: 20x30 inches. Price: $2750.
Also available: Couverture, Chagall Lithographe I (M. 281). Original color lithograph, 1960. 25 signed and numbered impressions on Arches and c. 2000 unsigned impressions for Chagall Lithographe I. This image served as the cover to the first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Chagall's lithographs. It is rare to find an impression that is still clean enough and without major wear that the whole cover can be presented. Image size: 325x530mm. Mat size: 20x26 inches. Price: $2250.
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Next to the doorway, we present a work by Kollwitz, Deutschlands kinder hungern! / Germany's children are starving! (Kl. 190 A.III.a.1). Original lithograph, 1924. One of Kollwitz' most frequently illustrated works, this was first published as a poster then without text as here. Published by Richter with his blind stamp lower right. One of Kollwitz' most important works. Image size: 405x275mm. Price: $3625. To the right of it, there are two linocuts by Regin Lichter-Liron, a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz, studied art in Italy, and had a show of paintings and a set of linocuts that toured in Europe and the US from 1957-1960, after which I can find no further mention of her. Her linocuts were published first in a limited edition portfolio (ours was n. 238) signed by the artist and with an introduction by Carlo Levi. At top right, Hunger (93x83mm; $500); beneath it, The crosses of the 20th century (147x190mm; $500).
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Above Hannah Hoch's Wachsen und Blühen, an original color linocut, 1975. 120 pencil-signed impressions published by Galerie Nierendorf. Image size: 260x355mm. Price: $1950.Benath it on the lft, Dorothea Tanning's Composition pour le CNAC (T. 304), an original color lithograph commissioned by the Centre National de l'Art Contemporain in Paris for her 1974 retrospective and published in an edition 500 signed and numbered impressions. Image size: 480x380mm. Price: $2750. To the right of, a very beautiful but slightly damaged original color etching from 1964 by Sonia Delaunay, Composition Red, Blue, Black, White. 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches. This impression backed by waxed paper; damaged lower left (see white spot on image about one quarter of the way up from the bottom of the image on the left side. One of the her best images; here, alas, with flaws (at a substantially reduced price). Image size: 400x398mm. Price: $1650.
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A view of the right side of the gallery from the loft showing the main body of works by Kathe Kollwitz.
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All of these pieces concerning family and social tragedies can be found described with large clear photographs by clicking here.
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All of these pieces from the Weavers' Revolt can be found by clicking here.
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Top: Homme, Ange, et Femme sur la Terre / Man, Angel, Woman (Cramer 99, Original etching & aquatint, 1975-76; edition 225); for full information, click here.
Bottom, from left: Sur la terre des dieux / On the gods' earth I (M. 529). Original color lithograph, 1967. 120 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe artist's book of the same title containing 12 original color lithographs; Sur la terre des dieux / On the gods' earth II (M. 530). Original color lithograph, 1967. 120 unsigned impressions published in the deluxe artist's book of the same title containing 12 original color lithographs. For full information, click here.
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to sptwd@verizon.net. We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
Visiting hours: Noon to six Saturdays and Sundays; other times by arrangement. Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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