Two Studies of a Woman's Head

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Title	Two Studies of a Woman's Head
Artist	Käthe Kollwitz
Date	c. 1903
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Two Studies of a Woman's Head, Käthe Kollwitz

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Kollwitz approached drawing as an aid for composing her editioned prints. In this black chalk study for a lithograph, she is experimenting with the angle of the mother's head as it rests on her dead child's chest.

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Medium:

Drawings and Watercolors, Drawing | Black chalk

Size:

19 x 24 3/4 in. (48.26 x 62.87 cm) (image)23 5/8 x 29 1/2 x 7/8 in. (60.01 x 74.93 x 2.22 cm) (outer frame)

Creation Place:

Europe, Germany

Culture:

Europe, Germany

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Signature In graphite, lower right: [Kollwitz] Canson watermark: [ANCne MANUFre CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY]

Physical Description:

Preliminary study for "Pieta" lithograph (1903)

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of David M. Daniels

Accession Number:

71.65

Rights:

Artist:

Käthe Kollwitz, German, 1867 - 1945

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

German

Life Dates:

German, 1867 - 1945

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Two Studies of a Woman's Head

Käthe Kollwitz

c. 1903