Self-Portrait from the Front
Käthe Kollwitz
1923
Medium
woodcut in black touched with gray ink on japan paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
image: 15 x 15.6 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 26.5 x 19 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5284
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...