Artist
Käthe Kollwitz 1867 – 1945
About the work
The pregnant woman standing, wrapped in a wide woollen shawl with a checked pattern, appears sluggish and exhausted; at the same time, the portrait conveys a strong sense of three-dimensionality and physical presence. Kollwitz renders the materiality convincingly: the drapery lies tightly around the body, and the fringes of the shawl are finely detailed. She achieves this through the use of various etching techniques. In addition to line etching, drypoint and aquatint, she uses the vernis mou process: by printing textured paper onto a soft ground, she achieves a distinctive textural quality.
Year
1910
Material / Technique
Etching (line etching, aquatinta, drypoint, soft ground with imprint of laid paper and Ziegler's transfer paper)
Dimensions of the object
62,6 x 44,6 cm
Signature
unsigniert; gestochene Schrift u. l.: Orig. Rad. von Käthe Kollwitz.; u. M.: VERLAG VON EMIL RICHTER, DRESDEN.; u. r.: Druck v. O. Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
KH 812
Access
1921 Acquisition from Emil Richter, Dresden
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
Exhibitions
- Käthe Kollwitz, Druckgrafik. Kabinettausstellung, Städtische Kunstsammlung Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) 24.01.1987 – 31.05.1987
- Im Morgenlicht der Republik. 100 Jahre Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz 25.07.2020 – 25.10.2020
Catalog raisonné
Knesebeck 111 V
Year
1910
Material / Technique
Etching (line etching, aquatinta, drypoint, soft ground with imprint of laid paper and Ziegler's transfer paper)
Dimensions of the object
62,6 x 44,6 cm
Signature
unsigniert; gestochene Schrift u. l.: Orig. Rad. von Käthe Kollwitz.; u. M.: VERLAG VON EMIL RICHTER, DRESDEN.; u. r.: Druck v. O. Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
KH 812
Access
1921 Acquisition from Emil Richter, Dresden
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
