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Working in a frank but emotional naturalistic style far different from that of her contemporaries, Käthe Kollwitz depicted a pregnant woman who stands as a universal symbol of human grief. Just a few bold strokes of crayon relay the woman’s despair. After World War I, Kollwitz’s work focused on the sorrows of those left behind: the children, widows, and mothers who underwent loss, physical neglect, and economic hardship. Her focus on grief and despair in this and other works emerged especially after her youngest son, Peter, was killed in the first months of the war.
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Document identity
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138357
label
Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto)
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drawing
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Source metadata
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138357
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drawing
title
Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto)
description
Working in a frank but emotional naturalistic style far different from that of her contemporaries, Käthe Kollwitz depicted a pregnant woman who stands as a universal symbol of human grief. Just a few bold strokes of crayon relay the woman’s despair. After World War I, Kollwitz’s work focused on the sorrows of those left behind: the children, widows, and mothers who underwent loss, physical neglect, and economic hardship. Her focus on grief and despair in this and other works emerged especially after her youngest son, Peter, was killed in the first months of the war.
date
c. 1926
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80034128
creators
29141
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
cul
Germany, 20th century
accession
1962.291.a
Source extras
tec
black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)
tombstone
Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto), c. 1926. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places); sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse, 1962.291.a
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beige(1) wove paper
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DR - German
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz
creditline
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse
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2026-05-29 07:05:08.803000
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138357
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DR - German
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black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)
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female
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1
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0
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photo
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