Käthe Kollwitz
Scene from Germinal
1893
Etching, line etching, drypoint, and emery
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin
Before Käthe Kollwitz turned her attention to the weavers’ story for her famous first graphic cycle, “A Weavers’ Revolt,” she completed this etching based on Émile Zola’s (1840–1902) novel “Germinal.”