The Sacrifice (Das Opfer)

1922/1923

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image shows a person holding an infant. The person is standing with their eyes closed and hair extending past their shoulders. The infant is cradled in the person's arms, with eyes closed. The background is black with white curved elements framing the figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black, reworked with white gouache, on japan paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.2 x 40.2 cm (14 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.5 x 43.7 cm (16 5/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.67

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 177, State ii/vii (trial proof)

  • Series Title

    War: pl.1 [Klipstein 1955 177-183]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 93, repro.

1992

  • Käthe Kollwitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 82, reproduced p. 57.

Bibliography

1955

  • Klipstein, August. The Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955.

2002

  • Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem. Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik. 2 vols. Bern: Kornfeld, 2002.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz; lower left in graphite: 2 zustand

Wikidata ID

Q65080417

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