Artist Monograph

Käthe Kollwitz, German

German, 1867–1945

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 20 40%
Woodcut 15 30%
Etching 6 12%
Drawing 4 8%
Gouache 2 4%
Other Media 1 2%
Sculpture 1 2%
Watercolor 1 2%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 47 94%
Painting & Sculpture 2 4%
Architecture & Design 1 2%

Production by Decade

5
1890s
4
1900s
5
1910s
22
1920s
12
1930s
2
1940s

Classification Types

  • Print — 38
  • Drawing — 7
  • Sculpture — 2
  • Periodical — 1
  • Illustrated Book — 1
  • Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1428.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)3469.4%
Large (1–3 m)12%

Range: 13.5 cm → 141.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19341
19409
19411
19441
19471
19481
19521
19821
19881
19929
19972
19981
20122
20181
20211
202414
20252

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt