Self-Portrait as a Young Woman

c. 1900

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image depicts a drawing showing an upper body view of a person in profile facing to the right. The person's facial features are delicately defined, with a prominent nose and lips, and they have dark hair pulled back. The individual wears dark clothing and there are no visible jewelry or accessories. The background consists of textured shades of green and blue. The artist’s name, Kollwitz, is inscribed in the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert and Chris Petteys

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.8 x 36.5 cm (18 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.56.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 166

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably Ernst Heinrich, prince of Saxony; (C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); Robert and Chris Petteys, Sterling, Colorado, acquired 1982; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Käthe Kollwitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992, no. 33, as Self-Portrait in Profile Facing Right.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 118, as Self-Portrait.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 1.

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1972

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

1982

  • Petteys, Chris. Dictionary of Women Artists, an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900. Boston, 1982: repro. as frontispiece.

1988

  • Fecht, Tom. Käthe Kollwitz: Das Farbige Werk. West Berlin, 1987: no. 11, repro. 7 (2nd ed. translated. by A.S. Wensinger and R.H. Wood, New York, 1988: no. 11, repro. 7 and cover).

1993

  • Timm, Werner. Käthe Kollwitz, Meisterwerke. Munich, 1993: no. 12, repro. section 1.

1994

  • Woman's Art Journal 15/1 (1994): repro. cover.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 1.

2010

  • Kunz , Armin. “German Drawings, Washington.” Review of German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1580-1900.” In The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1,291 (October 2010): 702.

Inscriptions

lower right in black chalk or pastel: Kollwitz

Watermarks

possible "ED & Cie" in cartouche at lower edge [Emile Desloye Plancher-Bas]

Wikidata ID

Q64591962

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