Self-Portrait

1915

Rendered with stark contrasts and unflinching honesty, the artist confronts her own mortality during World War I, creating one of her most psychologically penetrating self-examinations.

Medium: lithograph

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Spotted works by Käthe Kollwitz

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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