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Exhibition History"Portraits and Self-Portraits of Artists," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa"Portraits and Self-Portraits of Artists," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

"Allegories of Consciousness: Perfection in Printmaking Since the Renaissance," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Degenerate Art: Censorship in Nazi Germany", Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Self-Portraits," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Published ReferencesReproduction of one of the edition in Sotheby Parke Bernet catalog, Nov. 8, 9 1973, sale no. 3567, catalog no. 123. Catalog description as follows:~Etching with soft ground, 1912, 7th state of 7, signed in pencil, on Japan paper, with full margins, lightly mat stained, otherwise in good condition. (the framed etching was sold for $450)

Klipstein 122/vii
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 9 3/4 in. (33 × 24.8 cm)
Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)
Accession Number 1974.18
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedKäthe Kollwitz (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions101 (u,l graphite); No.5 (l,l graphite)
Catalogue raisonnéKlipstein 122/Vii
Selbstbildnis (Self Portrait)
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines