Sharpening the scyth

Käthe Kollwitz
Germany
1867 – 1945

Sharpening the scyth
plate 3 from the series Peasants War
1905 ( printed 1908)
etching, soft-ground etching on paper
Place made
Berlin
Medium
etching, soft-ground etching on paper
Edition
edition: c.300
Dimensions
29.4 x 29.6 cm (plate)
59.0 x 43.7 cm (sheet)
Credit line
V.B.F. Young Bequest Fund 2011
Accession number
20116G29
Signature and date
Signed l.l., pencil, "Käthe Kollwitz". Not dated.
Catalogue raisonne
Knesebeck (2002) 88 Xb/XIVC; Klipstein (1955) 90 ix/xii
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints
Image credit
Photo: AGSA

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    Sharpening the scyth

    1905 ( printed 1908)
    etching, soft-ground etching on paper
    Accession no: 20116G29