id:			138356
accession number:	1962.291
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.291
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:57.824000

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:		The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review
	opening date:   1970-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).

	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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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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