Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)

1934 · Print

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 13 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

Details

Accession number: 1943.3.5280

What it shows

Self Woman Portrait Face

In the catalog

Prints Lithograph Modernism 20th century American German Self-portrait

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of Käthe Kollwitz

The whole life

1932
A solo exhibition in the Soviet Union
In 1932 a solo exhibition of her work was held in the Soviet Union.
1933
Forced to leave the Academy of Arts
After the Nazis came to power she was forced to resign her place at the Academy of Arts, accused of “cultural Bolshevism”, following her support of the Dringender Appell (Urgent Appeal).
1933
Her work is removed from museums
Her work was removed from museums; although she was banned from exhibiting, one of her “mother and child” pieces was used by the Nazis for propaganda.
1936
An unofficial ban on exhibiting her work
In 1936 exhibiting her work was unofficially forbidden.
July 1936
A Gestapo visit: the threat of arrest and a camp
In July 1936 she and her husband were visited by the Gestapo, who threatened her with arrest and deportation to a concentration camp; they resolved to commit suicide if such a prospect became inevitable. But Kollwitz was by now a figure of international note, and no further action was taken.