Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)

Currently not on view

Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman),

1899, published 1919

Paula Modersohn-Becker, German, 1876–1907
Published by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, German, founded 1909
2007-120

Information

Title
Sitzende Alte (Seated Old Woman)
Dates

1899, published 1919

Maker
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Published by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer
Medium
Etching with aquatint on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.1 x 14.6 cm. (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.) sheet: 41.7 x 30.9 cm. (16 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2007-120
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Weimar

Marks/Labels/Seals
Blindstamp, lower left corner: Die Schaffenden
Culture
European, German
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), sitting, women, elderly

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