Self-Portrait from the Front

1923

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut in black touched with gray ink on japan paper [trial proof]
Dimensions: image: 15 x 15.6 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 26.5 x 19 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1943.3.5284
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Self-Portrait from the Front — Käthe Kollwitz. 1923.

Medium: woodcut in black touched with gray ink on japan paper [trial proof].

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 15 x 15.6 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 26.5 x 19 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.5284. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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