"id","title","medium","classification","dimension","object_name","continent","country","culture","dated","room","style","inscription","signed","markings","text","description","provenance","portfolio","creditline","accession_number","artist","role","nationality","life_date","image_copyright","department","rights_type","image","image_width","image_height","restricted","public_access","curator_approved","catalogue_raissonne","art_champions_text","see_also","searchTerm","searchScore","list:whm" "50241","Portrait of a Working Woman with Blue Shawl","Color lithograph"," Prints","13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (35.24 x 24.77 cm) (image) 21 5/8 x 17 in. (54.93 x 43.18 cm) (sheet)","Print","Europe","Germany",,"1903 (published 1906)","Not on View","20th century","Printed inscription along bottom edge noting medium, title, and publisher.","Not signed","","","","William M. Ladd, Portland, Ore., sold to Jones; Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, until 1916; given to MIA.","From Jahresmappe der Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, Vienna, 1906","The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916","P.5,419","Artist: Käthe Kollwitz; Publisher: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, Vienna","Artist","German","German, 1867–1945","","European Art","No Copyright–United States","valid",7916,10000,0,"1",0,"Klipstein 68 IIIb/IIIb; Knesebeck 75 IIIb/IIIb",,"[""50241"",""7380""]",,, "7380","Portrait of a Working Woman with Blue Shawl","Color lithograph"," Prints","12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (32.39 x 25.08 cm) (image) 12 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (32.39 x 31.43 cm) (sheet)","Print","Europe","Germany",,"1903","Not on View","20th century","LL, inscribed in pencil: No. K","LR, in pencil: Kollwitz","","Käthe Kollwitz grew up in a family devoted to radical social reform. While still in school, she realized that her gift was as a draftsman rather than as a painter. She used printmaking as a vehicle for promoting awareness of the plight of Germany’s impoverished working class, particularly women. Whether confrontational or muted, as in Working Woman with Blue Shawl, the emotional intensity of her imagery has earned her recognition as one of the most important printmakers of her era.","","William M. Ladd, Portland, Ore., sold to Jones; Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, until 1916; given to MIA.",,"The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916","P.359","Artist: Käthe Kollwitz","Artist","German","German, 1867–1945","","European Art","No Copyright–United States","valid",3930,4284,0,"1",0,"Klipstein 68 i/iii (trial proof); Knesebeck 75 i/iii",,"[""50241"",""7380""]",,,true