id:			138358
accession number:	1962.291.b
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.291.b
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:40.417000

Three Studies of a Child (verso), c. 1930/31. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Black chalk or charcoal?; sheet: 49.7 x 64.3 cm (19 9/16 x 25 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse 1962.291.b

title:				Three Studies of a Child (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1930/31
creation date earliest:		1930
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?
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 49.7 x 64.3 cm (19 9/16 x 25 5/16 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper
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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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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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