Käthe Kollwitz
March Cemetery
1913
Crayon lithograph
with typographic text at the bottom: 18 MARCH / FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE FREIE VOLKSBÜHNEN
Ute Kahl Collection, Cologne
In 1913, Käthe Kollwitz had an edition of this lithograph printed for the members of the Verein Volksbühne (People’s Theater Associations) at a low price. This was probably intended to enable them to purchase art. It is conceivable that the campaign was also linked to the collection of funds for the construction of their own theater, the Volksbühne (People’s Theater), which opened in 1914 on what is now Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin.