Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)

Death, Woman, and Child (Tod, Frau und Kind)

Date:

(1910, printed c. 1931 or after)

Medium:

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 16 1/16 x 16 3/16" (40.8 x 41.1 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 24 1/8" (55.6 x 61.2 cm)

Paper:

Beige, smooth, wove (copperplate engraving).

Publisher:

Alexander von der Becke, Verlag des graphischen Werkes von Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin

Printer:

Otto Felsing, Berlin

Edition:

One of several impressions of state XIV (total number unknown)

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Theodore Boettger

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Sievers 113. Klipstein 113. Knesebeck 108 XIV. Rifkind 1599.

MoMA Number:

286.1948

Themes:

Death, Portraits

Techniques:

Intaglio