Woman with Dead Child
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| Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) | |
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| Artist | Käthe Kollwitz |
| Year | 1903 |
| Medium | etching |
| Movement | Expressionism |
| Dimensions | 54.5 cm × 70.3 cm (21.5 in × 27.7 in) |
Woman With Dead Child is a 1903 etching by Käthe Kollwitz. Its subject was influenced by her experiences in an underserved sector of Berlin as a physician's wife where disease and infant mortality rate were high.[1] The image is often considered as Kollwitz's most famous depiction of war.[2]
