Self-Portrait

1924

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image is a sketch showing the person's face in a profile view, with only the head and a portion of the neck visible. The head is turned to the side, slightly tilted upward, with both the gaze and direction of the face aiming towards the right. The individual has facial features such as a prominent brow, with creases across the forehead. The hair appears thin and closely cropped to the scalp, with loose strokes indicating texture. The person is sketched in graphite, and no clothing or accessories are depicted. The background is plain and unembellished, drawing attention to the detailed rendering of the face.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon lithograph on lithographic transfer paper with touches of tusche applied by hand

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37 x 29.3 cm (14 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Society of Brothers); purchased 1953 by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1954.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

1956

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1959

  • Käthe Kollwitz, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to ten venues (Time, Inc., New York, NY; Davison Art Center, Middletown, CT; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK; Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, FL; The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; St. Paul's School, Concord, NH; Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA; Tacoma Art League, Tacoma, WA; and Fine Arts Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CA), 1959-1960, no cat.

1992

  • Käthe Kollwitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 89, reproduced p. 71.

2024

  • Käthe Kollwitz: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2024, no. 93, repro.

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz, Drawings. New York, 1959, no. 106.

1966

  • Exhibition of Old Master Drawings. H. Shickman Gallery, New York, 1966, under no. 73.

1972

  • Nagel, Otto. The Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne; Crown Publishers, 1972.

2024

  • Figura, Starr, and Hire, Maggie. Käthe Kollwitz: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2024: 176, no. 93.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kollwitz / Lithozeichnung; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Eigentum vor / Margret [Doring?] / Volutat Norder aus [illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64591961

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