Artist:
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Käthe Kollwitz
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Title:
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Working Woman with Blue Shawl
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Date:
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1903
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Medium:
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Color lithograph; trial proof
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Dimensions:
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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)
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Credit Line:
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The William M. Ladd Collection
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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Location:
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Gallery 344
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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 Germanyâs 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)
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Name:
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Kollwitz, Käthe
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1867 - 1945
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , ,
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Work State:
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Trial proof
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Accession #:
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P.359
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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