Currently not on view
Gedenkblatt für Karl Liebknecht (Memorial for Karl Liebknecht),
ca. 1919–20
Käthe Kollwitz, 1867–1945; born Königsberg, Prussia (Kaliningrad, Russia); died Moritzburg Castle, Germany
2007-2
Information
Title
Gedenkblatt für Karl Liebknecht (Memorial for Karl Liebknecht)
Dates
ca. 1919–20
Maker
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 35.4 x 49.4 cm. (13 15/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
sheet: 53.3 x 64.8 cm. (21 x 25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William J. Salman, Class of 1955 and museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2007-2
Place Made
Europe, Germany
Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Kathe Kollwitz
Inscribed in block, along lower edge: DIE LEBENDEN DEM TOTEN ERINNERUNG AN DEN 15, JANUAR 1919 [In living memory of the murder on January 15, 1919]
Reference Numbers
Klipstein 139.IV a; Knesebeck 159.VI a
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- August Klipstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes (New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955)., no. 49
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"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2007," in "More than one: photographs in sequence," special issue, Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 67 (2008): p. 96-119.
, p. 103 - Alexandra von dem Knesebeck, Käthe Kollwitz, Werkverzeichnis der Graphik (Bern: Kornfeld, 2002)., no. 51
