Whetting the Scythe, plate 3 from the cycle “Peasants’ War”

Artist: Käthe Kollwitz, German, 1867–1945
Printer: O. Felsing, Kupferdruckerei, Berlin, Germany, founded 1875
Date: 1905, printed 1908
Material: Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and soft-ground etching
made in: Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
Classification: Prints
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: plate: 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (29.8 x 29.8 cm)
sheet: 20 3/8 x 17 1/4 in. (51.7 x 43.8 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 18:1941

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