Beim Dengeln (Whetting the Scythe)

Käthe Kollwitz, artist

1867–1945

Beim Dengeln (Whetting the Scythe), 1905

Portfolio/Series title: Bauernkrieg (Peasants' War)

Where object was made: Germany

Material/technique: soft-ground etching; engraving; wove paper; commercial tonal grids

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 295 x 290 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 410 x 363 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 116 1/8 x 114 3/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 161 7/16 x 142 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 0000.2912

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Teaching Gallery Label:
“Changing the World: Images of Revolution,” Feb-2009, Kate Meyer
The Peasants’ War was one of Kollwitz’s most important print series dealing with oppression. The title of the series, Bauernkrieg, makes an intentional reference to the historical uprising of the peasantry in Germany in 1525. Chinese artist Li Yitai included Kollwitz’s print “Black Anna” from The Peasants’ War series in his Portrait of Lu Xun exhibited here, giving testimony to Kollwitz’s influence for radical printmakers around the globe.

Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
With A Weavers Rebellion (also exhibited here), The Peasants’ War was one of Kollwitz’s most important print series dealing with oppression. Die Pflüger, which shows peasants who have harnessed themselves to their plow, was intended as the first print in the series. The title of the series, Bauernkrieg, makes an intentional reference to the historical uprising of the peasantry in Germany in 1525. Chinese artist Li Yitai included Kollwitz’s print “Black Anna” from The Peasants’ War series in his Portrait of Lu Xun exhibited here, giving testimony to Kollwitz’s importance to radical printmakers around the globe.