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Käthe Kollwitz

Hunger

1923

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Käthe Kollwitz

Hunger

1923

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet: 420 x 347 mm. (16 9/16 x 13 11/16 in.) Plate: 222 x 229 mm. (8 3/4 x 9 in.)
Credit Line Board of Trustees Fund
Object Number 1954.204
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1954; Board of Trustees Fund

Inscribed: lower right in graphite: " Kathë Kollwitz"; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: " 70 54.204 4371 (1159)"

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

German, 1867-1945

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
DEATH, WOMAN AND CHILD
Käthe Kollwitz and Beck
Death, Woman and Child
1910, printed after 1945
OLD HUNGERFORD BRIDGE
James McNeill Whistler
Old Hungerford Bridge
1861
WOMAN'S HEAD
Käthe Kollwitz
Woman's Head
1905, printed later
OLD HUNGERFORD BRIDGE
James McNeill Whistler
Old Hungerford Bridge
1861
THE PEOPLE
Käthe Kollwitz and Emil Richter
The People
1921-1922, published 1923
YES! MY DEAR, IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS THAT NO FOOD ENTERED THIS GOOD MAN’S BODY!… - I PREPARED A GOOD CABBAGE SOUP WITH BACON AND SOME POTATOES, THAT HE LOVES SO MUCH. THIS WILL GIVE HIM SOME STRENGTH. IF YOU'D FOLLOW THE DIET THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM, HE WOULD SOON DIE OF HUNGER…
Honoré Daumier
Yes! My dear, it has been more than three weeks that no food entered this good man’s body!… - I prepared a good cabbage soup with bacon and some potatoes, that he loves so much. This will give him some strength. If you'd follow the diet the doctors gave him, he would soon die of hunger…
1838
(BERTRAND): WHAT IF THEY DECIDE TO ROUGH US UP A BIT, THOSE DIE-HUNGERS?... - (ROBERT MACAIRE): WHAT, THE RIFF-RAFF?... YOU DON'T KNOW THEM, THE THINGS SHOUT, HOWL AFTER THE RICH LIKE DOGS AFTER BEGGARS, BUT THEY DON'T BITE... THEY'RE HARMLESS, JUST STUPID, THAT'S ALL... (HE CRIES OUT IN A LOUD VOICE)... HEEE... HOOO, GO TO IT, DOTARDS. (THE PEOPLE NOTICE WITH EMOTION THAT HE DOESN'T CRUSH ANYONE AND THAT HE SEEMS A RATHER GOOD BLOKE).
Honoré Daumier
(Bertrand): What if they decide to rough us up a bit, those die-hungers?... - (Robert Macaire): What, the riff-raff?... You don't know them, the things shout, howl after the rich like dogs after beggars, but they don't bite... they're harmless, just stupid, that's all... (he cries out in a loud voice)... Heee... Hooo, go to it, Dotards. (The people notice with emotion that he doesn't crush anyone and that he seems a rather good bloke).
1838
TOWER OF MOTHERS
Käthe Kollwitz
Tower of Mothers
Original model 1937-1938, this cast 1941-1943
SELF-PORTRAIT
Käthe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait
1937