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Man en vier handen, Käthe Kollwitz, 1921

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Man en vier handen, Käthe Kollwitz, 1921

lithography, h 508mm × w 650mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Man en vier handen
Helft Russland (original title)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1921-2102

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

De man symboliseert Rusland op het moment van hongersnood in 1921. De handen symboliseren hulp.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Käthe Kollwitz (signed by artist)

Dating

1921

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

lithography

Measurements

height 508 mm × width 650 mm

Explanatory note

De man symboliseert Rusland. Dit land (de Wolga regio) onderging in 1921 een hongersnood door aanhoudende droogte. Kollwitz wilde een affiche maken voor de 'Internationale Hongerhulp'.

Subject

What

adult man
hand on shoulder (friends)

Where

Russia

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1921

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Käthe Kollwitz : Werkverzeichnis der Graphik : Neubearbeitung des Verzeichnisses von August Klipstein, publiziert 1955, Alexandra von dem Knesebeck
Käthe Kollwitz : Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes : für die Jahre 1890-1912 unter Verwendung des 1913 erschienenen Oeuvrekataloges, p. 207, cat.nr. 154

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.209744