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The Mothers

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)
1921

Medium/Technique Brush with black ink and opaque white watercolor on paper that has been cut and pasted onto a larger sheet in order to accommodate the artist's additions to the composition
Dimensions Sheet: 45.4 x 58.8 cm (17 7/8 x 23 1/8 in. )
Credit Line Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number55.224
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Nagel/Timm 0858
DescriptionPreparatory drawing for Plate 6 from the Seven Woodcuts on War (Klipstein 182)
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r: Käthe Kollwitz / Zeichnung zu den Müttern; in another hand: 1887
Provenance1955, sold by the Galerie St. Etienne, New York, to the MFA for $275. (Accession Date: April 14, 1955)