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KAETHE KOLLWITZ. Mothers (Mütter)

KAETHE KOLLWITZ. Mothers (Mütter). Artist: Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867-1945 Moritzburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 27 5/8 in. (52.7 x 70.1 cm) Image: 17 3/16 x 22 11/16 in. (43.6 x 57.7 cm). Publisher: Emil Richter, Dresden. Date: 1919. Eschewing the historical narratives and detailed compositions of her earlier work, Kollwitz created prints that became iconic images of grief and trauma. In Mothers, women and children of various ages huddle together, their linked bodies forming a solid structure that fills the composition. Kollwitz drew herself in the center, eyes closed and arms wrapped protectively around her two sons: Hans, the elder, and Peter, who was killed in combat at eighteen. The artist wrote about this work with pride and tenderness in a letter of February 1919: "I have drawn the mother who embraces her two children; I am with my own children, born from me, my Hans and my Peterchen.".
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Author: Kaethe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Title: Mothers (Mütter)
Caption: Mothers (Mütter). Artist: Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867-1945 Moritzburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 27 5/8 in. (52.7 x 70.1 cm) Image: 17 3/16 x 22 11/16 in. (43.6 x 57.7 cm). Publisher: Emil Richter, Dresden. Date: 1919. Eschewing the historical narratives and detailed compositions of her earlier work, Kollwitz created prints that became iconic images of grief and trauma. In Mothers, women and children of various ages huddle together, their linked bodies forming a solid structure that fills the composition. Kollwitz drew herself in the center, eyes closed and arms wrapped protectively around her two sons: Hans, the elder, and Peter, who was killed in combat at eighteen. The artist wrote about this work with pride and tenderness in a letter of February 1919: "I have drawn the mother who embraces her two children; I am with my own children, born from me, my Hans and my Peterchen.".
Technique/material: LITHOGRAPH
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Publisher: Emil Richter, Dresden
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 4220 × 3222 px | 38.9 MB
Print size: 35.7 × 27.3 cm | 1661.4 × 1268.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • EMIL RICHTER, DRESDEN • EUROPE • GERMANY • KÄTHE KOLLWITZ • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTS • PRINTS