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Self-Portrait
193414 15/16 x 10 5/8 in. (38 x 27 cm)
Käthe Kollwitz
Germany (1867 - 1945)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Gallery purchase
Accession Number:
1937.10
Location: Not currently on view
Kollwitz created this unflinching self-portrait at age 67, one year after Hitler came to power in Germany. Kollwitz' art was seen as degenerate by the Nazi regime. She was forced to resign her teaching position and was prohibited from exhibiting and publishing her work. In addition to the oppression of the Nazi regime, Kollwitz was struggling with the difficulty of aging. On New Year's Day, 1932, Kollwitz wrote in her diary, "Age remains age, that is, it pains, torments and subdues. When others see my scant achievements, they speak of a happy old age. I doubt that there is such a thing as happy old age...At the very point when death becomes visible behind everything, it disrupts the imaginative process."
Despite her own feelings of exhaustion and hopelessness, Kollwitz continued to create art until she was 76.
Despite her own feelings of exhaustion and hopelessness, Kollwitz continued to create art until she was 76.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- 150th Anniversary Exhibition of Lithography 4/7/1948 - 4/30/1948
- Kathe Kollwitz Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery 2/15/1975 - 3/9/1975
- Visions of Humanity: The Prints of Käthe Kollwitz Memorial Art Gallery 1/1/2002 - 4/30/2002
- Reflections: Artist and Identity 7/12/2006 - 8/21/2006
- The Power of the Female Gaze 5/19/2017 - 8/13/2017
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Entry. 150th anniversary exhibition of lithography: The Print Club of Rochester and the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, April, 1948. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1948.
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