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Käthe Kollwitz — Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) (K. 171)
Käthe Kollwitz

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) (K. 171)

Käthe Kollwitz's self-portrait created through etching and burnishing techniques. This introspective work exemplifies the artist's powerful and emotional approach to printmaking.

Medium
Etching and burnisher, on wove paper, with full margins.
Spotted At
Auction House · Phillips

🔨 Auction Lot

Editions & Selected Works from the Lower East Side Printshop Archives: Online Auction

September 4, 2024

Lot 67

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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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About this work

Käthe Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) (K. 171)

Käthe Kollwitz's self-portrait created through etching and burnishing techniques. This introspective work exemplifies the artist's powerful and emotional approach to printmaking.

Medium
Etching and burnisher, on wove paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Biographical, Etching, Portrait, Expressionist, Self-Portrait, Burnisher

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago