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Käthe Kollwitz
Seven Woodcuts on the Warpublished 1923

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print in black and white, adult figure with closed eyes holding a small child aloft, bold carved lines against solid black background
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a group of figures with heads tilted back and mouths open, set against a dark background with a sweeping arc above; bold, expressive gouge marks define the forms.
Woodcut print in stark black and white of a heavily draped figure seated and hunched forward, head bowed into clasped hands, with bold gouged lines creating texture across the dark garments.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a figure in dark clothing, cropped at the waist, bows their head with one hand raised to their face and the other clasped across their chest; bold, rough-cut lines create high contrast against the white ground.
Black and white woodcut print depicting a figure lying prostrate on a flat surface, head turned toward the viewer, with bold contrasting lines and deep black background.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting a dense mass of figures pressed closely together, their bodies and outstretched hands merging into a dark form. A child's face peers out at lower right, and a pale garment is visible at center.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a central masked face with crosshatched surface surrounded by four contorted faces and reaching hands emerging from deep black ground; bold gouged linework.
Artist or Maker
Käthe Kollwitz
Title
Seven Woodcuts on the War
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
published 1923
Medium
Seven woodcuts on Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.193a-g
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al., German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Klipstein, August. Käthe Kollwitz : Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes. Bern : Klipstein, 1955.