Arbeiter Frau mit Schlafendem Jungen (Worker Mother with Sleeping Boy)

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Arbeiter Frau mit Schlafendem Jungen (Worker Mother with Sleeping Boy)

Entry/Object ID

2026.09.156

Description

Image depicts a mother holding her son as they rest on a seat. The young boy leans into the women, and she hold his hand.

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

2026.09

Source or Donor

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kathe Kollwitz

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

J.J. Ottens Verlag

Date made

1927

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Berlin

* Untyped Place

Germany

Edition

Edition Size

100

Edition Number

Notes

100 (30 numbered on Japan paper and 70 numbered on wove paper); plus unnumbered proofs on Japan paper and wove paper. 2nd edition published in 1931 with in plate signature. Edition number noted in lower left below plate

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Print number and run

Location

lower left below plate

Transcription

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Signature

Location

lower right below plate

Transcription

Kathe Kollwitz

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Inscription

Location

lower right corner

Transcription

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Inscription

Location

lower left recto

Transcription

Yeleka K7

Material/Technique

Pen, Written

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Sheet

Height

26-3/4 in

Width

19-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Image

Height

15-1/2 in

Width

13 in

Web Links and URLs

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

Provenance

Notes

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