The Plowmen, plate 1 from Peasants’ War

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Title

The Plowmen, plate 1 from Peasants’ War

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1907

Medium

Etching in black and brown on buff wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, below image, in graphite: “Käthe Kollwitz”; inscribed lower left corner, in graphite: “914/7”; lower right corner, in graphite: “(168)”

Dimensions

Plate: 31.5 × 45 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50 × 62.5 cm (19 11/16 × 24 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Celia and David Hilliard Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2019.760

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