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Artist
- Name:
- Kollwitz, Käthe
- Dates:
- 1867-1945
- Country:
- Germany
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Halftone process, Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Author(s):
- Kuhn, Alfred
- Publisher:
- Berlin: Verlag Neue Kunsthandlung, 1921
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
In a poor home, a seated woman leans on a wall, hopeless and turning her back to the table, where Death holds her open-eyed child tight and is trying to attract her attention. In the foreground her husband, seen from behind, stands still.
Keywords: 1920s, 20th century, black & white, child, dark, death, dejected, sad, skull
