Kollwitz, Käthe: The Last

On a stool stands a man with a rope with a head-sized loop in his hand. He wants to attach this to the bar above him in order to hang himself. This handmade woodcut is rare. This article deals with the edition of the “Youth Assistance” for which 200 numbered extracts were produced. It can be recognized by the signature added to the wooden stock to the right, only here Käthe Kollwitz cut a signature into the wooden stock. Berlin Private Property Foundation for the Berlin Museum in 1972. Designated li. & handwritten, “36/200,” re. u. Signature “Kollwitz” affixed in the wooden stock; once again signed by hand by hand “Käthe Kollwitz.” Literature: Alexandra von dem Knesebeck: Käthe Kollwitz. List of works of the graphic. Bd. 1-2. Bern 2002, No. 210 III b. - August Klipstein: Käthe Kollwitz. List of the graphic work. For the years 1890-1912 using the 1913 Für uvrekataloge by Prof. Dr. Johannes Sievers. Berlin 1955, No. 204.