Käthe Kollwitz - ACE107.4

1981. Käthe Kollwitz - ACE107.4.

TitleKäthe Kollwitz - ACE107.4
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In00:22:08
Out00:33:39
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Kollwitz talking about her depression, and starting to work as a sculptor. Working on a head. VO says she’s concerned that this takes her further from the general audience. Lamentation (1938). A "mother and child"; Tower of Mothers (1937-1938). A bronze Self Portrait (c.1926-1936). A Self Portrait etching. Kollwitz saying there must be understanding between artist and people. Looking at mounted pictures. Etching plate for previous self-portrait; VO says she’s finished with this medium. Considers woodcut. The Sacrifice (1922). The Volunteers (1922). The Parents (1923), The Widow (1922), The Mothers (1921-1922), etc. Self-Portrait (1923). Kollwitz saying it is her duty "to voice the sufferings of man". Other work including Nieder mit den Abtreibungs-Paragraphen! / Down with the Abortion Paragraph (1924). Hunger (1925). Cover for International Women’s Day edition of Volk und Zeit. Against Alcoholism (c.1905). Pieceworker (1925). Poster for Deutsche Heimarbeit-Ausstellung (1906). Poster for Für Gross Berlin (1912). Help Russia (1921). No More War (1924). Kollwitz talking about The Survivors (1923) and feelings while she was drawing it. Kollwitz, reading her diary, says she needs strength. She hopes she can finish the memorial to Peter. Describes her ideas. Sketch in diary. Self Portrait and Self-Portrait with Pen Drawing (1933). Wonders how, at this age, she can do anything important any more, but this is so important that she must hold up". Kollwitz at the military cemetery at Vladslo, Belgium; VO talking about the completed statues of her memorial (1932).

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