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Working Woman with Blue Shawl

1903

Käthe Kollwitz

(German, 1867–1945)
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Medium
color lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1932.320
Catalogue raisonné
Klipstein 68
State
III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Käthe Kollwitz's husband was a doctor who treated the working poor in Berlin, giving her firsthand experience with their struggles.

Description

Käthe Kollwitz favored printmaking because she saw it as a democratic medium, affordable and capable of reaching all social classes. In prints such as this portrait of a female worker, she depicted Berlin’s most disenfranchised inhabitants. The sitter’s direct gaze and exhausted pose suggest not only her difficult living and working conditions but also her dignity.
A vertically oriented color lithograph depicts a woman with light skin tone from the shoulders up, head tilted down and toward our right with eyes downcast. Muted yellow highlights define her hair, forehead, and nose, while fine dark hatched lines create deep shadows on her face. She wears a dark blue shawl over a dark top against a dark gray background. Layered textures create smooth shades, the hatching finely visible.

Working Woman with Blue Shawl

1903

Käthe Kollwitz

(German, 1867–1945)
Germany, 20th century

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