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Political Agitator

Käthe Kollwitz

Political Agitator

1926

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Political Agitator

Käthe Kollwitz

Political Agitator

Käthe Kollwitz

Political Agitator

1926

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 397 x 298 mm. (15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Board of Trustees Fund
Object Number 1954.201
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1954; Board of Trustees Fund

Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Kathë Kollwitz"; by later hand, bottom right in graphite: "54.201"

Markings: WM: Maakt Magt Propatria Zendragt, WM: Von (illegible) Zonen, CM: BMA

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Käthe Kollwitz

German, 1867-1945

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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
DEATH, WOMAN AND CHILD
Käthe Kollwitz and Beck
Death, Woman and Child
1910, printed after 1945
THE POLITICAL ENEMIES
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others
The Political Enemies
1841
WOMAN'S HEAD
Käthe Kollwitz
Woman's Head
1905, printed later
THE AGITATOR OF LANGUEDOC
Auguste Boulard fils, Jean Paul Laurens, and others
The Agitator of Languedoc
1887
THE PEOPLE
Käthe Kollwitz and Emil Richter
The People
1921-1922, published 1923
A POLITICAL SEE-SAW. A NEW GAME OF SOCIETY.
Honoré Daumier
A political see-saw. A new game of society.
1866
A CONFESSION OF FAITH. YES SIR, I BARED MY POLITICAL LIFE IN PURE SINCERITY BEFORE MY COUNTRY. I WAS CONVINCED THAT MY TRUE LOVE FOR OUR INSTITUTIONS WOULD MAKE ME WORTHY OF REPRESENTING MY FELLOW CITIZENS. I WAS WRONG, MONSIEUR, IT SEEMS THE NATION WASN'T READY FOR THIS YET.
Honoré Daumier
A confession of faith. Yes sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet.
1842
THIS IS A SO CALLED MERCHANT, VICTIM OF HIS VICTIMS, CRAZY, SQUANDERER AND INTRIGUING. HE PAYS 1% TO HIS CREDITORS FOR 10 YEARS, FORGETS ABOUT THE PAST, DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE, STRUTS ABOUT THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE WITH HIS YELLOW GLOVES, STROLLS ALONG THE BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS AND THEATRE LOBBIES. HE TALKS OF HONOUR AND DECENCY AND CALLS HIS CREDITORS THIEVES. HE LOVES THE POSE OF THE POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MORAL VICTIM AND SPLASHES THE
Honoré Daumier
This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
1840