Käthe Kollwitz

Mourner (Der Trauernde)

Maker

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)

Title

Mourner (Der Trauernde)

Year

published 1933

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 27 x 15.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 inches)

Identification

State

Kn. 145bis, only state

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2005.142.35

Type

Exhibition History

A Process of Protest
Prints and Drawings of Käthe Kollwitz
Jul 28, 2006 – Nov 26, 2006

Label copy

Kollwitz created works memorializing Liebknecht in etching and lithography before deciding that woodcut was the most appropriate technique. These two etchings are fragments printed from Kollwitz’s original etching plate. The copper plate was cut in two in 1933 to create two separate compositions and then each section was printed.

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Tombstone

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)
Mourner (Der Trauernde), published 1933
Etching, aquatint, sandpaper, and soft ground with imprint of laid paper
Plate: 27 x 15.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 inches)
Anonymous gift 2005.142.35

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