Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis von vorn)
1923
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on Japanese paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 45.72 × 34.29 cm (18 × 13 1/2 in.)
image: 17.46 × 15.56 cm (6 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1947.12.67
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Catalogue Raisonné
Klipstein 1955, no. 168, State xiiib/xiiib
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Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1998
In Her Voice: Self-Portraits by Women, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, 1998-1999.
2024
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.
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 below image, signed, in graphite: Kollwitz; lower left sheet, in graphite: W 153; lower center sheet, in graphite: Selbstbildnis 1923
Wikidata ID
Q65080445