Begrüssung (The Greeting)

1892

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image shows a pencil sketch of two adults and a child in various poses. The adult on the left is holding the child up, and the adult on the right has their hands extended. The figures have different clothing styles and the background is minimal, suggesting a simple setting.

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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 Number

    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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