2015.8: Woman Reflecting

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2015.8

People

Käthe Kollwitz, German (Königsberg, East Prussia 1867 - 1945 Moritzburg, Germany)

Title

Woman Reflecting

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Nachdenkende Frau

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1920

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/352321

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

64 x 48.2 cm (25 3/16 x 19 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz
• inscription: u.l., in graphite: XXIV
• inscription: l.l., in graphite: UMM 125.00
• inscription: l.c., in graphite: nach denkende frau 1920 Sievers - Wagner 139
• inscription: l.r., in graphite: 2389a
• label: from backing board: Kollwitz / 43. Nachdenkende Frau II / (Woman Reflecting) / K. 147I 1920 / Lithograph

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Nina Nielsen Gallery, Boston], sold; to Edna S. Beron (1980s), by inheritance; to Elissa Arons, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Kneseback 160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Elissa Beron Arons, M.D. 1970 from the collection of Edna Sloan Beron

Copyright

© Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

2015

Object Number

2015.8

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Alexandra von dem Knesebeck, Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, Verlag Kornfeld (Bern, Switzerland, 2002), p. 480, cat. no. 160, b/w ill.

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