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Mütter (Mothers)
Mütter (Mothers)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Mütter (Mothers)

Artist Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945)
Date1919
MediumLithograph
Dimensions20 1/4 x 27 in. (51.4 x 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineFrom the collection of Dr. August and L. Tommie Freundlich and Richard Florsheim Art Fund
Object number2010.43.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionWomen and children are huddled together; mothers protecting their children; women hold babies and hug children.
Mütter ihre kinder beschirmend (Mothers Protecting Their Children)
Mütter ihre kinder beschirmend (Mothers Protecting Their Children)
Käthe Kollwitz
1918
A portrait of a young woman and a child. She holds the small child close, smiling.
Mother with Child on Arm
Käthe Kollwitz
1922
Children in overcrowded TB Ward waiting for substitute mothers and entertainment. McCall's Magazine
Substitute Mother's
Esther Bubley
1943
Children in overcrowded TB Ward waiting for substitute mothers and entertainment. McCall's Magazine
Substitute Mother's
Esther Bubley
1943
A nude woman, one arm raised with hand resting on her head; delicate line etching.
Nude Woman
Käthe Kollwitz
undated
A group of angry people outside the gates of a wealthy estate. The people are bedraggled and are waving axes, hammers, and picking up cobblestones from the street to throw in rebellion.
Storming the Gate - Attack, from the cycle A Weavers’ Revolt
Käthe Kollwitz
1893-1897
Women with children carrying pillows and basket through a flooded sidewalk, after Hurricane Carla.
Mothers with children carrying pillows and baskets through a flooded sidewalk
Flip Schulke
1961
Untitled
Untitled
Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project
1936-1943
Children in TB ward. McCall's Magazine
Substitute Mothers
Esther Bubley
1943
Street scene in the city with children playing on the doorsteps and curb; men standing around talking and smoking a pipe; one little boy is also trying to smoke a pipe; the little girls are watching the older women walk by with packages.
Idols
Harry Rein
1936-1943
Fawzia from Houla, Syria, in Reyhanli, Turkey, March, 2013
Fawzia from Houla, Syria, in Reyhanli, Turkey, March, 2013
Gloriann Liu
Photo date: 2013; Print date: 2016
Mexican rodeo scene with corral people on the fence watching a man ride a bull, women and children- large tree, hillside, city in valley below, mountains in distance
Rodeo
Thomas Handforth
1930

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