Seated Woman (Sitzende Frau)

c. 1927/1928

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image is a sketch showing the upper half of a person's body. The person is in a seated position with arms crossed in front of them. Their face is softly drawn with closed eyes and slightly upturned head. The hair is long and loosely sketched around the head. The clothing is suggested by draped lines around the shoulders, giving the impression of loose, flowing garments. There are no visible jewelry or objects in the person's hands. The background is plain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 64.2 x 48.3 cm (25 1/4 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 1186

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Society of Brothers); acquired 14 April 1953 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1954 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.

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz Drawings. New York, 1959: 139.

1972

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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz / sitzende Frau

Wikidata ID

Q64591959

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