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Working Woman with Blue Shawl
On View In:
Gallery 344
Artist:   Käthe Kollwitz  
Title:   Working Woman with Blue Shawl  
Date:   1903  
Medium:   Color lithograph; trial proof  
Dimensions:   12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (32.39 x 25.08 cm) (image) 12 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (32.39 x 31.43 cm) (sheet)  
Credit Line:   The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916  
Location:   Gallery 344  

Käthe Kollwitz grew up in a family devoted to radical social reform. While still in school, she realized that her gift was as a draftsman rather than as a painter. She used printmaking as a vehicle for promoting awareness of the plight of Germany’s impoverished working class, particularly women. Whether confrontational or muted, as in Working Woman with Blue Shawl, the emotional intensity of her imagery has earned her recognition as one of the most important printmakers of her era.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Kollwitz, Käthe  
Nationality:   German  
Life Dates:   German, 1867 - 1945  
 

Object Description  
  
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Classification:   Prints  
Creation Place:   Europe, Germany, , ,  
Work State:   Trial proof  
Accession #:   P.359  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts  

 


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