Self-Portrait at the Table (Selbstbildnis am Tisch)
Käthe Kollwitz
probably 1893
Medium
etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 18 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 31.4 x 22.4 cm (12 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5260
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...