The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 7, 2024
Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto)
c. 1926
(German, 1867–1945)
Sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Working in a frank but emotional naturalistic style far different from that of her contemporaries, Käthe Kollwitz depicted a pregnant woman who stands as a universal symbol of human grief. Just a few bold strokes of crayon relay the woman’s despair. After World War I, Kollwitz’s work focused on the sorrows of those left behind: the children, widows, and mothers who underwent loss, physical neglect, and economic hardship. Her focus on grief and despair in this and other works emerged especially after her youngest son, Peter, was killed in the first months of the war.- Private Collection, Boston[Robert M. Light, Boston (departmental cataloguing sheet)]; Private Collection, Boston (according to departmental card)
- Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).Utopia and Alienation: German Art and Expressionsim, 1900-1935. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (September 5-December 17, 1999).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.291.a