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Käthe Kollwitz
The Sacrifice1922

Not on view
Woodcut print in bold black and white of an adult figure holding a laughing infant close to their bowed face, with a dark cloak spreading across the composition
Artist or Maker
Käthe Kollwitz
Germany, 1867-1945
Publisher
Emil Richter Verlag
Germany, Dresden 1890-1930
Title
The Sacrifice
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 9/16 x 15 3/4 in. (36.99 x 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.193a
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.

  • Klipstein, August. Käthe Kollwitz : Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes. Bern : Klipstein, 1955.
  • McGreevy, Linda F. Bitter Witness: Otto Dix and the Great War. New York: Peter Lang, Inc., 2001.