Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!)

1924

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image is a sketch of four children shown from the shoulders up. Three children are close together in the lower half of the image, while the fourth child is slightly elevated towards the top. The children have varied facial features with wide eyes and open mouths. The sketchy lines depict their hair with a sense of movement. The children wear simple, patterned shirts with visible folds and creases. They hold bowls or containers with bold outlines in their hands. The background is minimal with light shading indicating depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5277

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 190, State iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65022793

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