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Kaethe Kollwitz: Drawings
by Bittner, Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Collection of 150 plates + additional drawings, many published here for the first time, representing the life's work of drawings by Kaethe Kollwitz (1867-1945), "considered by many to be the greatest woman artist the world has ever known." Text by art historian H. Bitnner, explores' the artist's deep connection to & compassion for "the oppressed & humiliated & downtrodden peoples of the world." Foreword, Biography, Notes, Bibliography comprise ix + 37 pages, followed by 147 plates. Orig. published in 1959, this is the Second Printing from Aug. 1962. Hardcover 4to (8.5" x 11.25") has bright blue cloth over boards lettered in white to front & spine. Condition is VG: clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning to edges. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: heavy rubbing with fraying to both ends of spine & all corners. The unclipped DJ is only Fair, with heavy rubbing to extremities & many small chips, some tiny holes, staining; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021164
- Title
- Kaethe Kollwitz: Drawings
- Author
- Bittner, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Thomas Yoseloff
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- FEMALE WOMEN ARTISTS ART DRAWINGS PAINTING SKETCHES GERMAN GERMANY 20TH TWENTIETH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art-Artists;
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