Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)
Käthe Kollwitz
1924
Medium
woodcut on Japanese paper
Dimensions
sheet: 30.64 × 41.28 cm (12 1/16 × 16 1/4 in.) image: 20.96 × 30.16 cm (8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1947.12.68
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...