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Exhibition History"Three Berlin Artists of the Weimar Era: Hannah Höch, Käthe Köllwitz, and Jeanne Mammen," Des Moines Art Center, Apr. 23 - July 17, 1994 (circulated to Gallery St. Etienne, N. Y., 1994)

"The Louise Noun Collection of Art by Women", University of Iowa Museum of Art, March 24 - May 13, 1990; DMAC, May 25 - August 5, 1990

"Iowa Collects," Des Moines Art Center, May 12 - July 28, 1985
Published ReferencesNagel, KÄTHE KÖLLWITZ, DIE HANDZEICHUNGEN, Berlin, 1922, no.810

Herbert Bittner, KÄTHE KÖLLWITZ DRAWINGS, New York & London, 1959, ill. no.135

Alice Adam Ltd., 1984, exh. cat. ill. no.6

U of I, 1990, Conklin, ed., p.46-47 (illustration)

"Three Berlin Artists of the Weimar Era: Hannah Höch, Käthe Köllwitz, and Jeanne Mammen," Des Moines Art Center, 1994, exh. cat. ill .pl.24

DimensionsFrame: 25 × 25 × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 63.5 × 3.8 cm)
Image (visual): 16 7/8 × 17 3/8 in. (42.9 × 44.1 cm)
Accession Number 2003.330
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedKäthe Köllwitz (l,l charcoal)
ProvenanceArtist. Erich Cohn, New York; (Alice Adam Ltd, Chicago); Louise R. Noun, Des Moines [purchased from the previous, May 1984]; Des Moines Art Center [bequest of the previous, 2003]
Trauerendes Paar (Mourning Couple)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines