Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) Hunger Woodcut, 1922, on soft wove paper, sixth (final) state, after the removal of the carved title and signature, signed in pencil, from an edition of unrecorded size Subject: 22 x 22.8 cm Provenance: Leinster Fine Art, 1982 Literature: Klipstein 169; Knesebeck 182 Kollwitz created this image for the anarchist writer Theodor Plivier who planned a publication to raise money to help feed the starving people in Russia. The publication was issued in June 1922. In 1923 Plivier used the image for a second publication which was sold to help to feed the poor in Berlin