{"id":15338,"date":"2026-02-21T18:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=15338"},"modified":"2026-02-21T18:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:05:52","slug":"82","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/project\/82\/","title":{"rendered":"82"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>K\u00e4the Kollwitz<\/p>\n<p>Tower of Mothers<\/p>\n<p>1937\/38<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bronze<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>K\u00e4the Kollwitz Museum Berlin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even when she created the woodcut The Mothers for her series War, the artist had the idea of also designing the composition as a three-dimensional sculpture. When the signs of another war began to multiply in 1937\/38, she translated the image idea into sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, she arranged the group of mothers with a leading woman in such a way that they confront us \u2013 similar to the chorus and the people accusing King Oedipus. 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