Black Anna Preparatory Sketch Reproduction

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Black Anna Preparatory Sketch Reproduction

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 354

Description

Reproduction of preparatory sketch for "Charge" from the series Peasants War. Drawn on cardboard.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kathe Kollwitz

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Emil Richter

Date made

circa 1901 - circa 1903

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Germany

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

print front, bottom right corner

Transcription

K. Kollwitz

Material/Technique

In Artist's Hand, Printed

Type

Number, Signature, Title

Location

print back, bottom

Transcription

14. Kollwitz, [illegible] Repr.

Material/Technique

Written, Pencil

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

Type

Stamp, Chop

Location

print back, top left corner

Transcription

[illegible: round stamp with image in the center and text circling it]

Material/Technique

Stamped

Notes

blue publisher stamp?

Dimensions

Height

18-3/4 in

Width

14-1/4 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