Käthe Kollwitz
Young Couple
1904?
Etching, line etching, emery, reverse etching, and vernis mou with fabric printing
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin
The subject of the 1893 etching clearly remained close to Käthe Kollwitz’s heart, as she revisited it after 1900. It is possible that she was dissatisfied with the technical execution of the earlier version. In the later print, the artist employed more complex intaglio techniques.