Ruht Im Frieden Seiner Hände (Grabrelief), 1935/36, Later Cast
13.5 cms x 12 cms (5.31 ins x 4.72 ins)
Signed "Kollwitz" and stamped with foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" on the front bottom edge
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Sep 24, 2020.
Lot 558
Lot 558
Estimate: CAD $12,000 - $18,000
Realised: CAD $7,800
Realised: CAD $7,800
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The Helen and Walter Zwig Foundation Collection, Toronto
Notes:
This bronze relief was created for the family grave, which Käthe Kollwitz and her siblings had acquired for themselves and their spouses at the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. The younger sister Lisbeth Stern, to whom Käthe Kollwitz was particularly connected throughout her life, had asked the artist for a sculptural work for the grave after the death of her husband in 1934.
The relief shows "two large motherly hands, who wrap someone who has passed in their cloak, and the person who passes over - only the face can be seen - pulls the cloak around him."
Kollwitz found inspiration in the poem "West-Eastern Divan" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: 'God is the Orient! / God is the Occident! / North and southern terrain / Rests in the peace of his hands'.
The Helen and Walter Zwig Foundation Collection, Toronto
Notes:
This bronze relief was created for the family grave, which Käthe Kollwitz and her siblings had acquired for themselves and their spouses at the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. The younger sister Lisbeth Stern, to whom Käthe Kollwitz was particularly connected throughout her life, had asked the artist for a sculptural work for the grave after the death of her husband in 1934.
The relief shows "two large motherly hands, who wrap someone who has passed in their cloak, and the person who passes over - only the face can be seen - pulls the cloak around him."
Kollwitz found inspiration in the poem "West-Eastern Divan" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: 'God is the Orient! / God is the Occident! / North and southern terrain / Rests in the peace of his hands'.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.