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KATHE KOLLWITZ THE HUMAN CONDITION

German printmaker, sculptor
and draftsman, who lived in a
poor district of Berlin. Kollwitz
survived the two World Wars,
and her powerful and sensitive
drawings center on nurture,
poverty, and the impact of
death and war upon women,
children, and the family home.

Scratched lines This is a dry-point
etching with monoprint. The image
was scratched directly onto a metal
plate. Ink rolled over was selectively
polished off using a rag. What
remained in scratched grooves
printed on damp paper as lines,
and controlled smears on the metal
surface printed as tones. White
marks were made with a dusting of
French chalk on the artist's finger to
wipe away ink leaving clean metal.

Losbruch (The Outbreak)

1955
20 x 233/8 in (507 x 592 mm)

KATHE KOLLWITZ

HEATH ROBINSON

British humorous illustrator
and a regular contributor to

magazines and journals such
as The Sketch and The
Bystander. Robinson and

Kollwitz (above) share almost
identical life dates and their

work expresses a shared
history from opposite sides

oftheworld wars.

Pen and wash This is a pen-and-
watercolor drawing made for a
color-platereproduction in an
edition of T h e Bystander. With
masterful gentility, Heath Robinson
shows England in a past era,
plodding along with hazy, stoical

bemusement. He created humor
by making his characters earnest,

sincere, and clearly focused, however
meager or ridiculous their activity.

The Kinecar

1926

103/8 x 15 in (262 x 380 mm)

HEATH ROBINSON