Wilhelmine Mohr

1933

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image is a drawing of a person shown in profile view from the shoulders up. The person is facing left, looking straight ahead. The facial features are defined with shadowing, highlighting their cheekbones and brow. They have short hair swept back from the forehead. The clothing depicted around the neck appears as a draped garment or shawl. No jewelry or held objects are visible. The background is plain, consisting of textured paper that frames the portrait, and there is handwriting at the bottom of the drawing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 48.5 x 33.7 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5223

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 1238

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz Drawings. New York, 1959: 138.

1972

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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz / 1933 / Zeichnung der Schriftstellerin / Wilhelmine Mohr

Watermarks

PMF (ITALIA)

Wikidata ID

Q64591944

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