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Käthe Kollwitz

Arming the Vault, 1906

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Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1946.11.92

Artists / Makers

Käthe Kollwitz (artist) German, 1867 - 1945

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Inscription

lower right in white chalk: Kathe Kollwitz 1906

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1946 to NGA.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.

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