Karl Köpping (aka
Carl Köpping; Charles Koepping) (1848–1914)
“Trauer” (Grief), 1894, published by the Gesellschaft
für Vervielfältigende Kunst (Society for Reproducing Art) (1871–1934) in
Vienna.
Etching and drypoint on heavy cream-coloured
wove paper with margins as published.
Size: (sheet) 40 x 30.4 cm; (plate) 29.5 x 23.6
cm; (image borderline) 26.5 x 22.2 cm.
Lettered in plate below the image borderline:
(left) “Druck & Verlag der Gesellschaft f. vervielf. Kunst in Wien.”;
(centre) “ORIGINAL RADIRUNG VON CH. KOEPPING.”; (right) “Vervielfältigung vorbehalten.”
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print: “Seated woman in profile to left; her head is
resting in her hand. Etching with drypoint” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1912-0502-8).
Condition: a richly inked and well-printed
(near faultless) impression in near pristine condition as published.
I am selling this superb etching (with
drypoint) of a woman with her head in her hands in grief—note in particular the
insightful transition of line from the controlled cross-hatched lines describing
the sheen of light on the woman’s back to the boldly laid marks portraying the
woman’s profound despair as she buries her head in her hands in shadow—for AU$290
(currently US$199.91/EUR187.29/GBP166.17 at the time of posting this print)
including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course)
any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this very
beautiful etching—note the confidently strong linework that (to my eyes) project
the same strength of purpose as the linework of Käthe Kollwitz—please contact
me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to
make the payment easy.
Note that this is the second print
by Karl Köpping that I have listed. The previously listed print, “Smiling
Young Woman Holding a Large Flower Vase”, 1910, is still (surprisingly) available: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2019/12/karl-koppings-etching-smiling-young.html.
This print has been sold
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