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

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Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 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

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

97

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

97

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

49

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