Besuch im Kinderkrankenhaus (Visit in a Children's Hospital)

Hand signed by the artist "Kathe Kollwitz" in pencil, lower right. First state of two according to Knesebeck. Proof, aside from the edition of 30 on Japon paper. A very good, dark impression. The lithographic stone was later destroyed. Catalogue reference: Klipstein 218; Knesebeck 228 I/II

The same year this work was made, 1926, Käthe Kollwitz had a large exhibition of her works in New York City as a relief effort to raise money for impoverished German children. As a testament to her impact and popularity, in 1927 for her 60th birthday she received over 500 cards and letters. One such letter from a Frenchman named Romain Rolland said, "This woman of manly heart has looked on [the poor], has taken them into her motherly arms with a solemn and tender compassion. She is the voice for the silence of those who have been sacrificed." (Klein & Klein, pg.92)