Mutter und Kind (Mother and Child) Reproduction of Preparatory Sketch

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Mutter und Kind (Mother and Child) Reproduction of Preparatory Sketch

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 353

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kathe Kollwitz

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Emil Richter

Date made

1916

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Germany

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date

Location

print front, lower right

Transcription

Kollwitz 1916

Material/Technique

Printed, In Artist's Hand

Type

Title

Location

print front, bottom right corner

Transcription

Mutter und Kind [illegible: Kride]

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Stamp

Location

print back, center

Transcription

[ERV]

Material/Technique

Stamped

Notes

Stamp on back is Emil Richter's collector stamp. He was the exclusive publisher of Kollwitz in the 1910s and 1920s. Work from the so called Richter Portfolio which had 25 works chosen by Kollwitz, this work was plate 2 in the series

Dimensions

Height

15-1/2 in

Width

20-1/4 in

Web Links and URLs

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/kathe-kollwitz/

Provenance

Notes

Professor Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Mrs. Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries