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, German, 1867-1945
Title
Self-Portrait in Profile
Date1927
MediumLithograph on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 64.5 x 45.4 cm
Signedlower right (in graphite): Kathe Kollwitz 1927
Credit LinePurchased, 2016
Object numberNGI.2017.3
DescriptionThis simply drawn, honest self-portrait produced when the artist was aged sixty, is a good example of the intensely introspective images of self which Kollwitz created throughout her career. Her care-worn face betrays the suffering she herself experienced and represents her compassion for humanity, and her concern for the suffering of poor women and children. This lithograph, like much of Kollwitz’s print output, was produced in relatively large numbers but not editioned.
ProvenanceCollection of Erwin Himmelseher (1919-2012); purchased, Dr. Andreas Sturies, Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Goltsteinstrasse 23, 40211 Düsseldorf, sale 19th November 2016, lot 103