Begrüssung (The Greeting)

1892

Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.75 × 8.73 cm (4 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.83 × 27.62 cm (14 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1526

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 10, iic/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 10, iic/ii.

2002

  • Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem. Käthe Kollwitz: Werkverzeichnis der Graphik 1. Bern, Switzerland: Kornfeld, 2002, no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: ef.-; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 13.50

Markings

printed lower left in black ink: Käthe Kollwitz, Bergrüssung Pan V1 / Originalradierung; stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013325

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