Karl Köpping
(aka Carl Köpping;
Charles Koepping) (1848–1914)
“Trauer” (Grief),
1894, published in Vienna.by the Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (Society
for Reproducing Art) (1871–1934).
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).
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 currently
still available: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2019/12/karl-koppings-etching-smiling-young.html.
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 in total (currently US$198.61/EUR178.20/GBP148.87 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$290) as this is my currency
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.
This print has been sold
