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Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). The Parents (Die Eltern), 1923. Woodcut in black ink on beige, moderately thick, smooth, wove paper, image: 13 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (34.9 × 42.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 44.201.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.201.3.jpg)
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). The Parents (Die Eltern), 1923. Woodcut in black ink on beige, moderately thick, smooth, wove paper, image: 13 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (34.9 × 42.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 44.201.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.201.3_bw_IMLS.jpg)
The Parents (Die Eltern)
European Art
Created in the wake of her son’s death on the battlefield in Flanders during World War I, the prints from Käthe Kollwitz’s War (Krieg) portfolio chronicle the personal costs of combat, removing contextual and narrative details of time and place in favor of a more universal cycle of loss and mourning. The devastating toll of war on poor and working-class families was a central theme of Kollwitz’s work, and printmaking enabled her to reach wide audiences with her socialist political messages. Her poignant combination of raw expression and barbed ideology continues to resonate with contemporary realities of war and struggle worldwide.
PORTFOLIO/SERIES
Krieg, Plate 3
PUBLISHER
Emil Richter, Dresden
MEDIUM
Woodcut in black ink on beige, moderately thick, smooth, wove paper
DATES
1923
DIMENSIONS
image: 13 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (34.9 × 42.7 cm)
sheet: 18 11/16 × 25 13/16 in. (47.5 × 65.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed, "Kathe Kollowitz" in pencil, lower right margin
INSCRIPTIONS
Lower left in graphite: "88/100"; lower right in graphite: "Bl. 3 zn Folge: Krieg/Die Eltern"; lower right in graphite: "Käthe Kollwitz"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
44.201.3
CREDIT LINE
Carll H. de Silver Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). The Parents (Die Eltern), 1923. Woodcut in black ink on beige, moderately thick, smooth, wove paper, image: 13 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (34.9 × 42.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 44.201.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.201.3.jpg)
STATE
IVa/IVd
EDITION
Edition: 88/100
IMAGE
overall, CUR.44.201.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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