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Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work

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Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work, 1925. woodcut.

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Museum title
Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work
Artist
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)
Date
1925
Medium
woodcut
Credit line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1867–1945

Expressionism c. 1905–1920

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Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work · Käthe Kollwitz, 1925
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