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Käthe Kollwitz
The Prisoners1908

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Charcoal drawing of a densely packed crowd of standing figures in loose robes, rendered with gestural strokes on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Käthe Kollwitz
Germany, 1867-1945
Title
The Prisoners
Date Made
1908
Medium
Charcoal on white Ingres paper
Dimensions
Mat: 23 1/4 × 24 7/8 in. (59.06 × 63.18 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (46.99 × 58.74 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kallir Family
Accession Number
M.2025.10.24
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1867–1945). Walter Wolf, Zurich, Switzerland; Otto Kallir (1894–1978), New York, 1955; given to his son, John Kallir (1923–2022), New York, 1956; by descent to the Kallir Family Foundation, 2022; given in 2025 to LACMA.