A woman breast feeds an infant while two emaciated children stand at her side.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

At center, a woman sits on the steps of a building. With a cloak around her shoulders, the front of her dress is open as an infant suckles at her breast. The woman nods forward slightly as she stares away to the right. At left, a small girl in a dress with her back to us holds her thin arms by her side. Next to her and the woman, an older boy stands against the wall of the building, looking at the viewer with sunken eyes. His bony arms and legs and gaunt face show him wasting away from hunger.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.11.7
People
Heinrich Zille, German (Radeburg [Dresden], Germany 1859 - 1929 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Hunger, from the portfolio "Hunger"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Hunger
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76808

Physical Descriptions

Medium
cover
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rosenbach 172, d

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.11.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/15/2018 - 08/05/2019

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