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Die Mutters (The Mothers) Preparatory Sketch Reproduction

Print
Print of a preparatory sketch for die mutters form the Krieg portfolio.

2026.09.347

Lithograph

2026.09

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Transfer

Kathe Kollwitz

Artist

Emil Richter

1918

20th Century

Germany

SignatureDate

print front, bottom right

Kollowitz 1918

PrintedIn Artist's HandWritten

InscriptionTitleDate

print front, bottom right corner

Kollwitz. Kreidezeichnung 1918 Die Mutter

German

Kollwitz. Chalk drawing 1918 The Mothers

WrittenPencil

ChopStampMonogram

Back center

[ERV]

Stamped

Stamp on back is Emil Richter's collector stamp. He was the exclusive publisher of Kollwitz in the 1910s and 1920s. Work from the so called Richter Portfolio which had 25 works chosen by Kollwitz, this work was plate 2 in the series.

Inscription

mat board, inside top left

[illegible: Voll, Christian. Professor.]

PencilWritten

15-5/8 in

22-3/4 in

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/kathe-kollwitz/

Professor Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Mrs. Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries

Die Mutters (The Mothers) Preparatory Sketch Reproduction picture number 1