"The Empath and the Fear of Being Forgotten (Self-Portrait for Käthe Kollwitz)" is an original mixed-media work on paper by Philip Gladstone
From Philip Gladstone's Pictures Within Pictures (Museum) Series, works that reference and pay homage to iconic works of art, artists and popular culture, often with a serious underlying message — in this instance featuring a riff built around Käthe Kollwitz's 1923 woodcut "The Mothers" ("Die Mütter"), and featuring a portrayal of Kollwitz herself, alongside a Gladstone self-portrait (View Die Mütter on the MOMA sitehere, browse Gladstone's Museum Series portfolio here)
Made with India ink applied with brush and pen and charcoal, heightened with white chalk, white gouache and touches of grey colored pencil with sgraffito (scraping), on clay-coated paper
Image measures 11-5/8 by 14-3/8 inches (as shown, full sheet slightly larger)
Created in August 2024
Signed by the artist with his monogram cipher (PG) and dated "2024", lower right; signed again with his full name and inscribed with the title on the reverse