Käthe Kollwitz
Need
Rejected version of plate 1 from the cycle A Weavers’ Revolt
1893–1897
Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and sanding process in black on copperplate paper, reworked with pencil and black chalk
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
The woman’s gesture clearly expresses the desperate situation of the family. The lighting particularly emphasizes the faces of the female figure in the background with the child in her arms