Liebknecht Memorial | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M11064
People: Käthe Kollwitz, German (Königsberg, East Prussia 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg, Germany)
Title: Liebknecht Memorial
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Die Lebenden dem Toten
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1919-1920
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/255521

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut on off-white heavy Japanese paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 35.5 x 50 cm (14 x 19 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower margin under right corner of image, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: Kaethe Kollwitz

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private Collectors, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, December 19, 1945.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv a
Standard Reference Number: K. 139

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous gift in honor of Lorenz Koehler
Accession Year: 1945
Object Number: M11064
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

HAA 176m Berlin and Moscow, 1918/1930 Rotation #1 (S421) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/22/2011 - 03/12/2011

Verification Level

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M11064: Liebknecht Memorial