This book showcases 83 of Käthe Kollwitz's finest works, including her last great print cycles. Her works depict social consciousness, a sense of the suffering of mankind, and a preoccupation with death. The book provides a full panorama of Mrs. Kollwitz's development as a master of the graphic techniques of etching, woodcutting, and lithography. The illustrations have been rephotographed from the original works specially for this edition, resulting in reproductions that are as close as possible to the prints and drawings themselves.