Creator

Käthe Kollwitz

Creator Biography

 Käthe Kollwitz, German, 1867-1945 (artist)

Elizabeth McCaausland (introductory essay author)

Henry C. Kleemann and Curt Valentin, American, New York (publisher)

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Creation Date

1941 (reproductions), 1924–1935 (originals)

Geography

Germany

Culture

German

Medium

Lithograph (reproduction), Lithograph (original)

Dimensions

16 ½ × 19 ¼ in. (41.91 × 48.90 cm)xv

Credit Line

Purchase by the Department of Art History, 2025

Accession Number

2025.118.0

Description

This portfolio is a collection of ten reproduction prints of lithographs by Käthe Kollwitz, accompanied by an introductory essay written by Elizabeth McCausland.

Individual Digital Kenyon entries for the prints within this collection can be found at the following links:

These Children Are Starving (Deutschlands Kinder hungern)

Bread! (Brot!)

Brotherhood (Verbrüderung)

Two Prisoners Listening to Music (Zwei Gefangene, Musik hörend)

Working Woman with Sleeping Child (Arbeiterfrau mit schlafendem Jungen)

Mother with Child (Mutter mit Kind)

Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)

Death Summons (Ruf des Todes)

Death Takes the Children (Tod greift nach den Kindern)

Death Attacks

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Keywords

Department of Art History Collection, After 1800, Expressionism, World War I, Europe, German

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