Self-Portrait as a Young Woman
Käthe Kollwitz
c. 1900
Medium
pastel on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 46.8 x 36.5 cm (18 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert and Chris Petteys
Accession Number
1995.56.1
About the Artist
Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was a German artist whose powerful images of poverty, war, and maternal grief established her as the foremost practitioner of socially engaged art in early 20th-century Europe. Working primarily in printmaking—including etching, lithography, and woodcut—as well as drawing and sculpture, Kollwitz created works of raw emotional power that gave voice to the suffering of wor...