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Käthe Kollwitz

Killed in Action (recto); Study for “Widow” (verso)

1916-1920

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Käthe Kollwitz

Killed in Action (recto); Study for “Widow” (verso)

1916-1920

Physical Qualities Black crayon and graphite (recto); black crayon (verso), Sheet: 481 x 422 mm. (18 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lion
Object Number 1955.20
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lion
BMA, "20th Century Northern European Drawings and Watercolors," 4 February - 3 April, 1977.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "German Expressionist Graphics 1905-1985," 9 August - 9 October, 1988.
Herbert Bittner, "Käthe Kollwitz Drawings" (New York and London; Thomas Yoseloff, 1959) p. 29, no. 94, repr.
Otto Nagel, ed., "Käthe Kollwitz: Handzeichnung" (Berlin: Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, 1980) p. 332 no. 730 repr. p. 333 and p. 368 no. 893 repr. p. 369

Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Kathe Kollwitz / Gefallen"

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Käthe Kollwitz

German, 1867-1945

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