Skip to Content
Closed today, next open Thursday. Closed today, next open Thursday.

Self-Portrait

A work made of brush and opaque black and white watercolor on brown wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Image actions

  • A work made of brush and opaque black and white watercolor on brown wove paper.

Date:

1891/92

Artist:

Käthe Kollwitz
German, 1867-1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Title

Self-Portrait

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.

1891–1892

Medium

Brush and opaque black and white watercolor on brown wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right corner in graphite: "Käthe Kollwitz"

Dimensions

41 × 33 cm (16 3/16 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Press, and Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1980.361

Copyright

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

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share