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Woman with Dead Child

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41: 28:. Its subject was influenced by her experiences in an underserved sector of Berlin as a physician's wife where disease and infant mortality rate were high. The image is often considered as Käthe Kollwitz's most famous depiction of war. 179: 153: 106:
The picture depicts a mother holding her child between the thighs. Her mouth is fixed on its chest in an effort to suck her child back inside her.
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The artist used herself and her seven-year-old son Peter as models for this composition.
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54.5 cm × 70.3 cm (21.5 in × 27.7 in)
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Index

Käthe Kollwitz
A mourning woman with her dead child
Käthe Kollwitz
etching
Movement
Expressionism
"Käthe Kollwitz. Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind). 1903"
"Käthe Kollwitz: Portrait of the Artist review – a brooding tableau of trauma"
"Käthe Kollwitz: Portrait of the Artist review – a brooding tableau of trauma"
"Woman with dead Child, 1903"
Categories
Käthe Kollwitz
Etching
German Expressionism
German women painters

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