Image

Käthe Kollwitz

Self-portrait

Description

Maker

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)

Title

Self-portrait

Year

1924

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

50.8 x 39 cm (20 x 15 3/8 inches) (sheet)

Identification

State

Kn.209b

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2005.142.12

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

Transfer lithography is a process by which a drawing is transferred to a lithographic stone and printed. Transfer lithographs often retain the texture of the original paper. Kollwitz employed the technique regularly after 1920. This portrait represents the artist at the age of 57 in one of many profile views.

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Tombstone

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)
Self-portrait, 1924
Transfer lithograph
50.8 x 39 cm (20 x 15 3/8 inches) (sheet)
Anonymous gift 2005.142.12

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