About the Artwork
The End
1897
Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz
1867-1945
German
Unknown
Etching, aquatint, and sandpaper abrasions printed in black ink on cream wove paper
Plate: 9 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (24.4 × 30.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 inches (34.3 × 50.8 cm)
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Gift of Gilbert and Lila Silverman in memory of Jean Holtzman
2010.81
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate: lower left: Orig Rad von Käte [sic] Kollwitz Inscribed, center: VERLAG VON EMIL RICHTER DRESDEN Inscribed, lower right: Druck v. O. Felsing, Berlin-Chittbg. Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner: 390 I/VI Inscribed, verso, lower center: Nr. 32.
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Gilbert and Lila Silverman
2010-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz, The End, 1897, etching, aquatint, and sandpaper abrasions printed in black ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Gilbert and Lila Silverman in memory of Jean Holtzman, 2010.81.
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