Grabrelief (Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände). 1938-1941.
Bronze.
Seeler 30, III.B. Name written in left on right side. With foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" on bottom. 34.7 x 32 x 8 cm (13.6 x 12.5 x 3.1 in).
Posthumous cast by art foundry Noack, Berlin. [SM].

After thorough reserach, Dr. Annette Seeler, Berlin, author of the catalog raisonné of Käthe Kollwitz's sculptures, is convinced that this copy is a regular authorized cast by the art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin, which was made in the mid/late 1950s.

PROVENANCE: Presumably auction house Friedrich von Artus, Frankfurt (early 1960s).
Private collection Frankfurt.
Private collection Hesse (inherited from the above).