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Death Seizes the Children (Tod greift in Kinderschar) by Käthe Kollwitz — VisualArtsDB

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Death Seizes the Children (Tod greift in Kinderschar)

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Death Seizes the Children (Tod greift in Kinderschar)

Käthe Kollwitz

1934

Medium: Charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet (irreg.): 27 1/2 × 20 5/8" (69.9 × 52.4 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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