id:			138356
accession number:	1962.291
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.291
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:15.367000

Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso), c. 1926. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places); sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse 1962.291

title:				Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1926
creation date earliest:		1921
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse
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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965
	opening date:   1966-05-20T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-July 24, 1966).

	title:		Käthe Kollwitz
	opening date:   1980-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Käthe Kollwitz</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 13-July 13, 1980).

	title:		National Schools of Style
	opening date:   1983-06-14T04:00:00
	<i>National Schools of Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

	title:		Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War
	opening date:   1989-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10, 1989-January 7, 1990).

	title:		Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	title:		Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
	opening date:   2018-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Boston
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	[Robert M. Light, Boston (departmental cataloguing sheet)]; Private Collection, Boston (according to departmental card)
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wall description:
Working in a frank but emotional naturalistic style far different from that of her contemporaries, Käthe Kollwitz depicted a pregnant woman who stands as a universal symbol of human grief. Just a few bold strokes of crayon relay the woman’s despair. After World War I, Kollwitz’s work focused on the sorrows of those left behind: the children, widows, and mothers who underwent loss, physical neglect, and economic hardship. Her focus on grief and despair in this and other works emerged especially after her youngest son, Peter, was killed in the first months of the war.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Accessions Put on Display at Art Museum,” July 9, 1963, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1136

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IMAGES

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