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Käthe Kollwitz
Summons of Death1934-1935

Not on view
Charcoal drawing of a gaunt, aged figure with closed eyes, long streaming hair, and two raised bony hands, rendered in deep shadow and loose gestural lines

Käthe Kollwitz, Summons of Death, 1934-1935, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Käthe Kollwitz
Title
Summons of Death
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1934-1935
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm) irregular; Sheet: 25 3/8 x 18 15/16 in. (64.45 x 48.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.192
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.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn