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Käthe Kollwitz

Pietà

Original model 1937-1939; this cast 1941-1943

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Käthe Kollwitz

Pietà

Original model 1937-1939; this cast 1941-1943

Physical Qualities Zinc alloy, 15 x 14 1/2 x 11 in. (38.1 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm.)
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1965.38.2
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1965; Leslie Katz, Ruth Katz, and Richard Katz, Brooklyn, by bequest, 1958; Joseph Katz, Baltimore, by purchase, 1952; Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, "Käthe Kollwitz", December 1959-January 1960, cat. no. 4.

Smith College Museum of Art, "Mother's Arms: Kathe Kollwitz's Women, and War", January 29, 2016-May 29, 2016.
Smith College Museum of Art. Mother's Arms: Käthe Kollwitz's Women and War, Exhibition guide, related programs & poster, 2016.

Inscribed: Inscribed on right lower back: "Kollwitz"

Markings: Foundry mark, along bottom back edge: "H. NOACK BERLIN"

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

German, 1867-1945

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