Mother and Child

c. 1931

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image depicts a person holding a child. The person's back is facing the viewer with their head slightly turned. The child is being held over the person's shoulder, facing forward. The child has short, straight hair and looks wide-eyed with a slight frown. The person has dark hair, possibly curly, tied back or covered. They wear gray and black clothing. The background is plain and textured.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with black and gray wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 43 x 26.5 cm (16 15/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.12.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 1202

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1947 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Käthe Kollwitz: Meisterwerke der Zeichnung, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Cologne, 1995.

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz Drawings. New York, 1959: 124.

1972

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

1994

  • The World's My Oyster: A Celebration of Kathe Kollwitz, 1994: vol. 1,no. 3.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz; other hand lower right: KP4422

Wikidata ID

Q64591950

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