Antiques Roadshow; Appraisal

I brought two hollow with pictures. The first one is a mother and child and we got that from my friend that's an art dealer in about 1980. OK and I liked it because of the topic and I really don't know much about the artists and the other one we got from the same friend in 1985. And you paid how much for this one. The mother and child. I'm going in 80 dollars and for the portrait. For the portrait we paid seven hundred twenty five. The artist Her name is CATSA Colditz. And she was a German artist who worked from the 1890s through 1940 to 1945 she died. She's really in the upper echelon of German print makers during the first half of the 20th century. Hers is really one of the saddest stories I think in our history of that time. She lost her youngest son in battle in World War 1 and then later on in life lost her husband and one of her grandsons. So it was a fairly Moros life this print closest to you the mother and

child is an etching that she made around 1900. The print closest to me is actually a self-portrait of the artist that she made around 1920. And she is what's known as a German expressionist artist and she used the the emotions throughout her life and infused her pictures with those expressions as other German expressionist artists were doing during the 900 teens and 20s. Now it's interesting here that the image closest to you of the mother and child is actually a later impression. It was printed after she died. There was a collector in Munich whose name was Vanderbeck. Who not only collected her prints her drawings and her paintings. But also acquired her original etching plates and made an addition from these plates and that's what that image is closest to you know just the opposite here is the self-portrait which is closest to me that was made during her life time printed by the artist on a wonderful sheet of cream Japan paper. Which is very

sought after for coal which the more exotic unusual the papers the better. And it's actually pencil sign down here in the lower right. That's her signature on the later print. You have the blinds here of Vanderbeck that's what that little blind stamp is don't have the right corner. Now as you might imagine that greatly effects the values of the two what collectors want is something that the artists actually worked on and perhaps signed as is the case here. The later impression hasn't really appreciated that much in the 20 plus years that you've heard it. A retail value today I would say is probably between. 500 and $700. On the self-portrait. On the other hand today a retail value for this would be around twelve to eighteen thousand dollars. That's because it's a cold which is very important but it's also self portrait like you're saying it has that strength that strength of character and I think you can see through her that the tiredness in her face all that you are living through yet perseverance. Thank you very much you very much. Time play.