Dead Mother and Young Child, 1915

Series titleMemento 1914/15 (sheet 3/10)

ArtistWilly Jaeckel, Wrocław 1888–1944 Berlin

Publishing houseGraphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, founded 1910

Lithograph

Sheet dimensions65 × 50 cm

Status

on display, room 019

About the workDuring the First World War, Willy Jaeckel was deployed as a cartographer in Russia. Although he did not experience combat directly at the front, the war was still a harrowing experience for him. The printed portfolio “Memento 1914/15” depicts various war atrocities. This selection of ten lithographs was published as early as 1915 in an edition of 40 copies by Jaeckel’s courageous Berlin gallery owner I. B. Neumann. The artist’s frank approach to the subject was at odds with the prevailing and politically encouraged enthusiasm for war, which resulted in the portfolio being banned immediately.

AccessionAcquisition 1951

Provenance[...]; o.D. Edmund Hermann Georg Körner (Leschwitz, Kreis Görlitz 2.12.1874 - 14.2.1940 Essen); vermutl. 1940 Edith Waltke, Nichte von Körner, Rahden in Westfalen, eworben im Erbgang; 1951 angekauft von Edith Waltke

Inventory numberK 1951-161k

Contact

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