Identifier:

Series I.

Dates:

1888-1993, undated

Extent:

97.28 Linear Feet (29 boxes, 2 flat file folders)

Scope and content:

Series I. consists of prints and drawings by Käthe Kollwitz assembled by Dr. Simms in Europe and the United States between 1973 and 2014. Included are 239 graphic works in intaglio, woodcut and lithography, and fifty drawings; a totalling 289 artworks.

Dating from 1891 to 1941, the prints represent the entire spectrum of Kollwitz's graphic work. As several proof impressions and states of a print are frequently present, the collection provides a unique opportunity to explore the progression of Kollwitz's artistic vision from state to state through analysis of her often innovative and experimental application of printing tools and techniques, and testifies to the collector's particular interest in Kollwitz's artistic workshop and her understanding of the printing process.

The drawings date from 1888 to 1928, with the bulk dating from the late 1890s and the early 1900s and from 1919 and the early 1920s. Numerous drawings are preparatory studies for prints, that are present in the collection. Several drawings are not mentioned in the catalogue raisonné by Otto Nagel and Werner Timm. In addition, there are four published portfolios with editioned prints by Kollwitz; modern exhibition posters and other illustrated matter related to Kollwitz, including four vintage portrait photographs of Kollwitz; and thirty letters and postcards sent by the artist between 1898 and 1943.

Arrangement:

Arranged into five subseries: Series I.A. Prints, Series I.B. Drawings, Series I.C. Portfolios of prints, Series I.D. Posters and other illustrated matter, Series I.E. Letters sent.

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