Self-Portrait from the Front

1923

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

This print shows a close-up of a person's face, capturing only their head and a portion of their neck. The person is positioned facing directly forward, with their eyes directed towards us. Their facial features are depicted through bold, linear strokes, with pronounced lines highlighting the contours of their deep-set eyes, their straight nose, and their thin lips. Their hair is suggested with sweeping lines coming down on either side of their head. There is no clothing visible. The background is black, while the lines of the print are white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black touched with gray ink on japan paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15 x 15.6 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.5 x 19 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5284

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klipstein 1955, no. 168, State xii?/xiii (trial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Käthe Kollwitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 86, reproduced p. 70.

Bibliography

1955

  • Klipstein, August. The Graphic Work of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955.

1993

  • "Käthe Kollwitz Face of a Survivor." Scholastic Art 24 (December 1993/January 1994): 5.

2002

  • Knesebeck, Alexandra von dem. Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik. 2 vols. Bern: Kornfeld, 2002.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 13

Wikidata ID

Q65022813

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