Arming the Vault

1906

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image displays sweeping, curved lines intersecting with each other to create an abstract scene. Within the arrangement, there are shapes resembling human figures and pointed objects. The figures appear to be grouped together, suggesting a scene of gathering or movement. Shadows and muted tones add depth to the image, enhancing its abstract quality as forms emerge from the darkness.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal and gray wash, heightened with white chalk, on gray laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.4 x 31.4 cm (18 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.92

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 215

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1946 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 62, reproduced p. 35.

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz Drawings. New York, 1959: 28.

1972

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

Inscriptions

lower right in white chalk: Kathe Kollwitz 1906

Wikidata ID

Q64591947

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