Bread (Brot)

1924

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image features a woman holding a child in her left arm while another child stands beside her. The woman is shown from behind, bent over slightly. She has dark hair pinned up, wearing a long-sleeved dress. Both children have similar facial features with wide eyes and simple expressions. They both have curly, short dark hair. The sketch is monochrome with no jewelry or additional objects. The background is plain and light, with the word "Boo!" written in cursive at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5275

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 196


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1967

  • Mother and Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, 1967, no. 85.

Bibliography

1955

  • Klipstein, August. The Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955.

2002

  • Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem. Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik. 2 vols. Bern: Kornfeld, 2002.

Wikidata ID

Q65022790

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