Artist
Käthe Kollwitz 1867 – 1945
About the work
In a letter to Arthur Bonus in 1925, Käthe Kollwitz describes how she arrived at the composition of the work; she and her younger son Peter served as models for it:
»When he was seven years old and I was working on the etching ›Woman with dead Child‹, I did a drawing of myself, holding him on my arm, in front of the mirror. That was very exhausting and I groaned. Then he said in his little child’s voice: Stop groaning, mum, it is going to be very beautiful…«.
Year
1903
Material / Technique
Etching (line etching, drypoint, sandpaper and soft ground with imprint of ripped laid paper and Ziegler's transfer paper)
Signature
sign. u. r.: Käthe Kollwitz; handschriftliche Signatur des Druckers u. l.: O. Felsing Berlin gedr.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
KH 250
Access
1913 Acquisition from Emil Richter, Dresden
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
Exhibitions
- Käthe Kollwitz, Druckgrafik. Kabinettausstellung, Städtische Kunstsammlung Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) 24.01.1987 – 31.05.1987
- Spuren der Nähe. Käthe Kollwitz und zeitgenössische Fotografie, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz 07.5.2026 – 30.8.2026
Catalog raisonné
Knesebeck 81 VIII b
Year
1903
Material / Technique
Etching (line etching, drypoint, sandpaper and soft ground with imprint of ripped laid paper and Ziegler's transfer paper)
Signature
sign. u. r.: Käthe Kollwitz; handschriftliche Signatur des Druckers u. l.: O. Felsing Berlin gedr.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
KH 250
Access
1913 Acquisition from Emil Richter, Dresden
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
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