Dance Around the Guillotine
Dance Around the Guillotine
Dance Around the Guillotine
Dance Around the Guillotine
Dance Around the Guillotine
Dance Around the Guillotine

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Dance Around the Guillotine,

1901

Käthe Kollwitz, 1867–1945; born Königsberg, Prussia (Kaliningrad, Russia); died Moritzburg Castle, Germany
Published by E. A. Seemann, German, founded 1858
x1966-35
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Collection Publications: Klinger to Kollwitz Labels

Information

Title
Dance Around the Guillotine
Dates

1901

Maker
Käthe Kollwitz
Published by E. A. Seemann
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 52.2 x 34.5 cm (20 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.) sheet: 63.2 x 43.1 cm. (24 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Walter E. Rothman
Object Number
x1966-35
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Leipzig

Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left and right: Käthe Kollwitz rad. / Verlag. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig Signed in graphite in unknown hand, lower right: Kathe Kollwitz
Reference Numbers
Klipstein 49; Knesebeck 51
Culture
German, European
Type
prints, aquatints, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), guillotines, men, cities, women

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