Battlefield

Käthe Kollwitz, 1907

MEDIUMEtching and soft ground on paper

DIMENSIONSPlate: 40.2 × 52.7 cm (15 7/8 × 20 3/4 in.); Sheet: 54.8 × 70.2 cm (21 5/8 × 27 11/16 in.)

LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago

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Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist whose powerful prints, like 'The Weavers,' unflinchingly depicted the human cost of poverty, hunger, and war.