Mutter mit Kindauf auf dem Arm (Mother with Child on Her Arm)

1910 (published 1931)

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image portrays a person holding a child. The person's upper body is visible as they hold the child in their arms. The person's head is inclined towards the child, and the child is resting against the person's shoulder. The person has closed eyes and smooth hair, wearing a garment with diagonal lines. The child has short hair and is wearing a checkered garment. The background has a textured pattern.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.05 × 12.7 cm (7 1/2 × 5 in.)
    sheet: 38.26 × 26.99 cm (15 1/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1252

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 110

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1955

  • Klipstein, August. The Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955, no. 110.

2002

  • Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem. Käthe Kollwitz: Werkverzeichnis der Graphik 1. Bern, Switzerland: Kornfeld, 2002, no. 114.

Inscriptions

lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 34-357

Markings

blindstamped lower right: A.V.D.Becke / Muenchen-22; stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013321

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