Death (Tod)
Käthe Kollwitz
1897
Medium
lithograph in black on japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24 x 19.6 cm (9 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.) support: 41 x 29.2 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5305
About the Artist
Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was a German artist whose powerful images of poverty, war, and maternal grief established her as the foremost practitioner of socially engaged art in early 20th-century Europe. Working primarily in printmaking—including etching, lithography, and woodcut—as well as drawing and sculpture, Kollwitz created works of raw emotional power that gave voice to the suffering of wor...