Plough-Puller and Wife, from the series Peasants’ War
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Käthe Kollwitz was a German graphic artist best known for her often searing portrayals of the victims of poverty, hunger, and war in the first half of the twentieth century. The Expressionistic qualities of her work inspired many contemporary Chinese woodcut artists with Socialist leanings, such as Li Hua, whose work on the same subject is shown next to this moving depiction of the peasants’ woe.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plough-Puller and Wife, from the series Peasants’ War
- Artist: Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867–1945 Moritzburg)
- Date: 1902
- Culture: China
- Medium: Lithograph; printed black with beige tint-stone on Japanese paper
- Dimensions: Image: 144 1/2 x 198 7/16 in. (367 x 504 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum- Bequeathed by Campbell Dodgson
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art