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Käthe Kollwitz — Frauen mit Kindern (Women with Children)
Käthe Kollwitz

Frauen mit Kindern (Women with Children)

1909

A poignant study by German Expressionist Käthe Kollwitz depicting women with children rendered in brown chalk. The work conveys emotional depth and social consciousness characteristic of Kollwitz's humanitarian concerns.

Medium
brown chalk on paper
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

(Women) Artists

May 20, 2021

Estimate: $18,000 – $25,000

Lot 28

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Käthe Kollwitz, Frauen mit Kindern (Women with Children), 1909

A poignant study by German Expressionist Käthe Kollwitz depicting women with children rendered in brown chalk. The work conveys emotional depth and social consciousness characteristic of Kollwitz's humanitarian concerns.

Medium
brown chalk on paper
Year
1909
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Figure Study, Brown Chalk, Maternal Theme, Emotional, Social Commentary, Women With Children, Käthe Kollwitz, Drawing, 1909, German Expressionism

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago