Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)
Käthe Kollwitz
1924
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
image: 15.08 × 10.95 cm (5 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 33.18 × 22.86 cm (13 1/16 × 9 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5283
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...