Self-Portrait / Käthe Kollwitz

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Accession Number: 2012/2.212
Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: 1867-1945
Medium and Support: etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
Object Creation Date: 1921
Credit Line: Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Dimensions: 20.96 cm x 26.19 cm (8 1/4 in. x 10 5/16 in.)
Physical Description: This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
Subject Matter: Self-portrait of Käthe Kollwitz.
Primary Keywords: artists; hands; self-portraits; women
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2847 x 2298
File Size: 876 KB
Record: 2012/2.212
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.212/2012_2_212.jpg

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Full citation: "Self-Portrait; Käthe Kollwitz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.212/2012_2_212.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.