Ende (The End)

Käthe Kollwitz, artist

1867–1945

Ende (The End), 1897

Portfolio/Series title: Ein Weberaufstand (The Weaver's Rebellion)

Where object was made: Germany

Material/technique: aquatint; etching

Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 5/8 x 12 in
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 244.47 x 304.8 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 322 x 305 mm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Ernest J. Bubieniec

Accession number: 1976.0086

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
Käthe Kollwitz devoted her career to printmaking in the service of radical politics. Together with the Belgian artist Frans Masereel (see his book of woodcuts exhibited here), Kollwitz helped to define a style that became synonymous with international socialism and communism.
From 1895 to 1898 Kollwitz worked on her series A Weavers Rebellion. Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptman, the series chronicles an uprising of Silesian weavers and the ultimate demise of their rebellion. Ende is the last in the series, showing survivors of the revolt caring for their fallen comrades.