The Sacrifice (Das Opfer)
1922/1923
Medium
woodcut in black, reworked with white gouache, on japan paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
image: 37.2 x 40.2 cm (14 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.) sheet: 41.5 x 43.7 cm (16 5/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1947.7.67
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...