The End - Old Man with a Rope II (Das Letzte - Alter Mann mit Strick II)

1925

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

This is a drawing of a figure holding a noose in a simple setting. The drawing shows a character standing on a stool, gripping a noose from the ceiling. The figure is illustrated in clear lines with dark shadows. The background features vertical strokes. The drawing conveys a sense of gravity and emotion through its composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5282

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 205, State ii/iib

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

Q65022809

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