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Maiden in the Lap of Death

Black print on cream paper of a figure in a dark hood embracing another, smaller figure, who looks pained.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • Black print on cream paper of a figure in a dark hood embracing another, smaller figure, who looks pained.

Date:

1934

Artist:

Käthe Kollwitz
German, 1867-1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Title

Maiden in the Lap of Death

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1934

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions

Image: 43.4 × 37.8 cm (17 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 70.5 × 53.5 cm (27 13/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Emil Eitel

Reference Number

1938.156

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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