Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman)
Käthe Kollwitz, German, 1867 - 1945
1910
Etching and drypoint on wove paper
Sheet: 27 3/16 × 20 1/4 in. (69.1 × 51.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2011.45
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Druck v. O. Felsing Berling - Chlttbg.; signed, in graphite, lower left, below plate: Kathe Kollwitz
Label
Käthe Kollwitz creates a poignant depiction of a woman caught between the grip of death and her child. By her command of line and space, Kollwitz conveys an entire narrative in a compact composition. The arched shape of the woman’s body reflects the struggle she faces to stay alive. The dark shadow behind the skeleton underscores the unknown fate of death. At the same time, her child, climbing onto and grasping the mother, fights to not lose a loved one. The intense scene represents the painful grief of watching someone slip through your fingers. From the 2022 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 109, Nothing Gold Can Stay, curated by Amy Zaretsky '23, Conroy Intern
Course History
ANTH 50, COCO 2, HIV/AIDS Through a Biosocial Lens: 30 Years of a Modern Plague, Sienna Craig, Timothy Lahey, Spring 2013
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
FREN 25, Introduction to French Literature and Culture IV: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Aimee Kilbane, Spring 2012
FREN 25, Introduction to French Literature and Culture IV: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Aimee Kilbane, Spring 2012
WGST 51.8, The Femme Fatale in Literature, Film, and Myth, Paul Carranza, Spring 2014
SART 27, 28, 74, Printmaking I-Intaglio, II, III, Ariel Frieberg, Spring 2015
COCO 2.3, ANTH 50.6, HIV/AIDS Through a Bio-social Lens: Thirty Years of a Modern Plague, Sienna Craig, Timothy Lahey, Spring 2015
SART 15, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2019
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2021
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2021
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2021
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2021
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2021
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka - OPEN HOURS, Fall 2021
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka - OPEN HOURS, Fall 2021
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka - OPEN HOURS, Fall 2021
GERM 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2022
SART 15.03, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2022
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2022
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2022
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2022
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2022
GERM 7.07, Babylon Berlin, Veronika Fuechtner, Spring 2022
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2022
German 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2024
German 3.02, Introductory German (cont.), Heidi Denzel, Spring 2024
Studio Art 15.01, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2024
Art History 41.02, 20th Century Art: European 1900-1945, Katie Hornstein, Summer 2024
Art History 41.02, 20th Century Art: European 1900-1945, Katie Hornstein, Summer 2024
Art History 41.02, 20th Century Art: European 1900-1945, Katie Hornstein, Summer 2024
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 109, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Amy Zarestky, Class of 2023, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 29 October - 23 December 2022
Provenance
Charles M. Young Fine Prints and Drawings, Portland, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2011.
Catalogue Raisonne
Knesebeck 107/VII of VIIIB
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