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    Artist

  • Wolff, Kate, 1881-1968

    • Title

  • Blaumeise

    • Other Title(s)

  • [Bluetit]

  • Physical Description

    1 etching : ink on paper ; 10" x 12 3/8", 25.5 x 31.3 cm

  • Date

    1910

  • Notes

    Title and edition 81/100 written in pencil in the lower left-hand corner. Signed by artist in the lower right-hand corner

  • Summary

    Rendering of a small bird (specifically, a bluetit) gripping a tree branch. The bird fluffs its wings and has its beak slightly open, as if about to take off in flight. The etching has a slightly blue tint to the ink.

  • Subject

    Birds in art

  • Medium

    Etchings; Prints

  • Part Of

    Kate Wolff Collection, AR 1538

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Kate Wolff was born in Berlin in May 1882. In 1933, she left Germany for Paris, where she worked for the publisher Ernest Flammorian illustrating children's and song books. He persuaded her to change her last name to Lalouve. She lived underground during World War II. In 1946, she emigrated from France to New York. Kate Wolff died in New York in September 1968.

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Citation

Wolff, Kate: Blaumeise, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.676.