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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.59
People
Käthe Kollwitz, German (Königsberg, East Prussia 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg, Germany)
Title
Attack, plate 5 from the cycle "Weavers' revolt"
Other Titles
Title: Attack
Series/Book Title: Weavers' Revolt
Original Language Title: Sturm, Blatt 5 aus dem Zyklus "Ein Weberaufstand"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221714

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on tan wove paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 23.3 x 29.4 cm (9 3/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.6 x 32.6 cm (11 1/4 x 12 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Kollwitz
  • inscription: printed along lower edge of plate: Orig. Rad. von Käte Kollwitz VELAG VON EMIL RICHTER Druck v. O. Felsing Berlin-Chlttg.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Klipstein 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Copyright
© Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.59
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 196

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