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Käthe Kollwitz

Outbreak, 1921

Description

Maker

  • Käthe Kollwitz, 1867-1945, German

Title

Outbreak

Year

1921

Medium

Etching, drypoint, aquatint, reservage and softground with imprint of 2 fabrics and Ziegler transfer paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 48.6 x 57.5 cm (19 1/8 x 22 5/8 inches)

Identification

State

Kn. 70, state IX

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2005.142.4

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Process of Protest

July 28 - November 26, 2006

The theme of women as revolutionaries pervades Peasant’s War. Kollwitz was inspired by historian Wilhelm Zimmermann’s book, The Great German Peasant War, particularly his description of Black Anna, a peasant woman who incited the revolt. In this print, the large, central figure of a woman propels the men into a run with the force of her own energy. Kollwitz chose to position the figure with her back to the viewer, poised at the edge of the picture plane, a strategy that both universalizes her and engages the viewer in the action. In this ninth of eleven states, the texture of cloth fabric, pressed into a soft ground, can be discerned throughout the plate.

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