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Self-Portrait

Käthe Kollwitz

Artwork Details

Self-Portrait
1921
Käthe Kollwitz
etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
13 11/16 x 15 5/8 in. (34.77 x 39.69 cm);8 ¼ x 10 3/8 in. (20.96 x 26.35 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2012/2.212

Description

Subject Matter:

Self-portrait of Käthe Kollwitz.

Physical Description:

This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.

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