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Seven Woodcuts on War: The Parents (Die Eltern)
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)
1921–22
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, trial proof with corrections in white gouache
Dimensions
Block: 37.5 x 45.2 cm (14 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 39 x 47.5 cm (15 3/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 39 x 47.5 cm (15 3/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
George Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession Number51.248
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Klipstein 176 III/III; W. 156 (A): Knesebeck 174, before I
Signed
signed
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: II. Fass., 3. Zust.; l.r.: Kathe Kollwitz; verso, lower edge: Die Eltern II. (verworfene) Fassung zu "Krieg" Abdruck des 3. Zustandes, weiss gehöht
Provenance1951, sold by Ferdinand Roten, Baltimore, MD, to the MFA for $120. (Accession Date: February 8, 1951)