Käthe Kollwitz
Tower of Mothers
Original model 1937-1938, this cast 1941-1943
Scroll
Käthe Kollwitz
Tower of Mothers
Original model 1937-1938, this cast 1941-1943
Physical Qualities
Zinc alloy, 11 x 11 1/2 x 10 in. (27.9 x 29.2 x 25.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number
1965.38.1
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, by purchase, November 7, 1952; Klipstein (now, Galerie Kornfeld), Bern, Switzerland; Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, "Käthe Kollwitz", December 1959-January 1960, Cat. no. 5.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Women Artists", April 18-June 18, 1972.
Stephanie Barron, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "German Expressionist Sculpture", July 1983-September 1984, p. 19, Plate 20; circulated to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, April 4-June 17, 1984; and the Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle Köln [Cologne], July 7-August 26, 1984; fig.19, p.21.
Elizabeth Prelinger, The National Gallery of Art, "Käthe Kollwitz", May 3-August 16, 1992; cat. no. 106, ill. p. 64.
Davis Museum at Wellesley College, "The Krieg Cycle: Käthe Kollwitz and World War I", September 16-December 20, 2015.
Smith College Museum of Art, "Mother's Arms: Kathe Kollwitz's Women, and War", January 29, 2016-May 29, 2016.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Women Artists", April 18-June 18, 1972.
Stephanie Barron, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "German Expressionist Sculpture", July 1983-September 1984, p. 19, Plate 20; circulated to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, April 4-June 17, 1984; and the Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle Köln [Cologne], July 7-August 26, 1984; fig.19, p.21.
Elizabeth Prelinger, The National Gallery of Art, "Käthe Kollwitz", May 3-August 16, 1992; cat. no. 106, ill. p. 64.
Davis Museum at Wellesley College, "The Krieg Cycle: Käthe Kollwitz and World War I", September 16-December 20, 2015.
Smith College Museum of Art, "Mother's Arms: Kathe Kollwitz's Women, and War", January 29, 2016-May 29, 2016.
Stephanie Barron, "German Expressionist Sculpture," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1983, fig. 19, ill. p. 21.
Elizabeth Prelinger, "Käthe Kollwitz," The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. and Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1992, cat. no. 106, ill. p. 64.
Inscribed: Inscribed along bottom edge: "Kollwitz"
Markings: Foundry mark, bottom back: "H. NOACK BERLIN"
