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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8706
People
Käthe Kollwitz, German (Königsberg, East Prussia 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg, Germany)
Title
Self-Portrait at a Table
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Selbstbildnis am Tisch
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1893
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262052

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 16.7 x 12.2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
plate: 17.6 x 12.7 cm (6 15/16 x 5 in.)
sheet: 40.7 x 31.2 cm (16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Kollwitz
  • inscription: engraved in plate, lower margin, black printer's ink, engraved: Orig. Rad von Käte Kollwitz VERLAF VON EMIL RICHTER, DRESDEN Bruck v. O. Felsing, Berlin Chitera[?]
  • inscription: lower right, overlapping margin in plate with inscription, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Kollwitz
  • inscription: lower edge of paper, graphite, handwritten, German: [L. ^ 4] NY 879 Selbstbildnis am Tisch 7.00 / 1200

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
K. 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Object Number
G8706
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/04/2022 - 10/10/2022

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