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MoMA and Neue Galerie New York Acquire Rare Color Self-Portrait Lithograph by German Artist Käthe Kollwitz
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The Museum of Modern Art and Neue Galerie New York have jointly acquired Käthe Kollwitz’s Self-portrait en face (1904), one of the most extraordinary self-portraits made in the early years of the 20th century. The acquisition was supported at MoMA by the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints and a gift from Jack Shear, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Alice and Tom Tisch (in honor of Marlene Hess), Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Maud I. Welles, Ronnie Heyman (in honor of Marlene Hess), and Carol and Morton Rapp; and at the Neue Galerie by a gift from Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder.
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Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Self-portrait en face. 1904. Lithograph, sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (48 x 33.8 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: probably the artist. Edition: one of 12 known impressions. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Jointly owned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York (The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints, and gift of Jack Shear, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Alice and Tom Tisch [in honor of Marlene Hess], Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Maud I. Welles, Ronnie Heyman [in honor of Marlene Hess], and Carol and Morton Rapp) and Neue Galerie New York (Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder)