Kinder spielen Erschießen (Children Play War), plate 4 from the series "Unterm Hakenkreuz (Under the Swastika)" – All Works – eMuseum

Lea Grundig

(German, 1906 - 1977)

Kinder spielen Erschießen (Children Play War), plate 4 from the series "Unterm Hakenkreuz (Under the Swastika)", 1934

Drypoint on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 2018.19

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 19 7/8 in. (33.3 × 50.5 cm)
Plate (/image): 5 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (13.7 × 24.9 cm)

Accession Number 2018.19

Classificationsprint

SignedLea Grundig 1935 (l,r in graphitel)

InscriptionsUnterm Hakenkreuz (l,l graphite) Kinder spielen Erschiessen (l,c graphite) AII (? l,l plate) 27 (l,r graphite)

Catalogue raisonnéWVZ 27

Portfolio/Seriesseries "Unterm Hakenkreuz (Under the Swastika)"

Paper/Supportwove paper

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