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Visit to the Hospital / Käthe Kollwitz
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.59
- Title
- Visit to the Hospital
- Artist
- Käthe Kollwitz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867 - 1945
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on Japan paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1929
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed: Käthe Kollwitz
- Dimensions
- 27.6 cm x 35.9 cm (10 7/8 in. x 14 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A woman sits on the edge of a bed in which a figure lays. A child stands next to the woman. A chair with a bag on it sits in the right bottom corner.
- Subject Matter
- Kollwitz's work tended to focus on death, the intimate drama of personal relationships, and suffering caused by the social problems that stemmed from city life during her time.This print portrays her most common themes, as a mother and child look over the sick man as he lies in his bed.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- health and related concepts
- health-related concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- offspring
- parents
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- scientific concepts
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- spouses
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1345 x 979
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 1956/1.59
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1956-sl-1.59/1956_1.59.jpg
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- Full citation
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"Visit to the Hospital; Käthe Kollwitz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1956-sl-1.59/1956_1.59.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024.
