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Mary and Elizabeth

A work made of woodcut in black on cream japanese paper.

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  • A work made of woodcut in black on cream japanese paper.

Date:

1929

Artist:

Käthe Kollwitz
German, 1867-1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Title

Mary and Elizabeth

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1929

Medium

Woodcut in black on cream Japanese paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, below image, in graphite: “Käthe Kollwitz”; inscribed lower left, below image, in graphite: “AJ/627 / Ke (?) 234 IV”

Dimensions

Sheet: 39.8 × 45 cm (15 11/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Celia and David Hilliard Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2019.762

Extended information about this artwork

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