Woman with Dead Child
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"Woman with Dead Child" is a powerful early 20th-century etching by German artist Käthe Kollwitz that poignantly depicts a mother's grief and has become one of her most iconic anti-war images.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Woman with Dead Child canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9412161 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woman with Dead Child Context triple: [Käthe Kollwitz, notableWork, Woman with Dead Child]
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A.
Mother with her Dead Son
Mother with her Dead Son is a poignant sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz that serves as the central war memorial in Berlin’s Neue Wache, commemorating victims of war and tyranny.
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B.
Criança Morta
Criança Morta is a powerful and somber painting by Brazilian modernist Cândido Portinari that depicts the tragedy and social injustice of poverty through the image of a dead child.
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C.
Untitled (hanged children)
"Untitled (hanged children)" is a provocative and controversial installation artwork by Maurizio Cattelan featuring hyper-realistic sculptures of children hanging from a tree, intended to confront viewers with themes of innocence, violence, and societal discomfort.
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D.
The Dead Mother
The Dead Mother is a painting by Edvard Munch that hauntingly depicts a child standing before her deceased mother, exploring themes of grief, loss, and psychological trauma.
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E.
Jack Killed Mom
"Jack Killed Mom" is a song featured on Neko Case's 2008 album *Middle Cyclone* (also associated with the EP *Acid Tongue*), known for its dark, narrative-driven lyrics and alt-country/indie rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woman with Dead Child Target entity description: "Woman with Dead Child" is a powerful early 20th-century etching by German artist Käthe Kollwitz that poignantly depicts a mother's grief and has become one of her most iconic anti-war images.
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A.
Mother with her Dead Son
Mother with her Dead Son is a poignant sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz that serves as the central war memorial in Berlin’s Neue Wache, commemorating victims of war and tyranny.
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B.
Criança Morta
Criança Morta is a powerful and somber painting by Brazilian modernist Cândido Portinari that depicts the tragedy and social injustice of poverty through the image of a dead child.
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C.
Untitled (hanged children)
"Untitled (hanged children)" is a provocative and controversial installation artwork by Maurizio Cattelan featuring hyper-realistic sculptures of children hanging from a tree, intended to confront viewers with themes of innocence, violence, and societal discomfort.
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D.
The Dead Mother
The Dead Mother is a painting by Edvard Munch that hauntingly depicts a child standing before her deceased mother, exploring themes of grief, loss, and psychological trauma.
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E.
Jack Killed Mom
"Jack Killed Mom" is a song featured on Neko Case's 2008 album *Middle Cyclone* (also associated with the EP *Acid Tongue*), known for its dark, narrative-driven lyrics and alt-country/indie rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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etching ⓘ print ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artist | Käthe Kollwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | black-and-white print ⓘ |
| color | monochrome ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Käthe Kollwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | German ⓘ |
| depictionType | figurative ⓘ |
| depicts |
dead child
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mother holding dead child ⓘ woman ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war art
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expressionism ⓘ |
| hasCollectionItem |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
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Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century anti-war imagery
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socially engaged printmaking ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-war sentiment
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human suffering ⓘ loss ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
| inception | 1903 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | personal experiences of loss ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madeIn | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
death
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grief ⓘ mother and child ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| medium |
drypoint
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etching ⓘ |
| movement | German Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic anti-war image
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powerful depiction of maternal grief ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Frau mit totem Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Käthe Kollwitz’s early print oeuvre ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1903 ⓘ |
| technique | etching and drypoint ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Woman with Dead Child Description of subject: "Woman with Dead Child" is a powerful early 20th-century etching by German artist Käthe Kollwitz that poignantly depicts a mother's grief and has become one of her most iconic anti-war images.
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