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Seated Woman with Folded Hands
Seated Woman with Folded Hands

Seated Woman with Folded Hands

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)
1905–06
Medium/TechniqueCharcoal and india ink; verso charcoal study of same figure
DimensionsSheet: 62.7 x 48 cm (24 11/16 x 18 7/8 in. )
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number61.1159
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsGraphite lower left "285"ProvenanceUnidentified [German customs?] stamp verso. June 9-10, 1961, anonymous ("Sammlung P.H.") sale, Klipstein and Kornfeld, Bern (auction 103), lot 479. 1961, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA for $1,500. (Accession Date: November 8, 1961)
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