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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
Copyright
© Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1945
Object Number
M11064
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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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