Hunger – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Hunger in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hunger is a 1916 lithograph by Hugo Krayn, issued as plate 26 in a series called Krieg und Kunst (the record spells it "Kreig"). It dates to the First World War, when the British naval blockade and wartime shortages strained civilian life in Germany, and the winter of 1916 to 1917, known as the Turnip Winter, brought serious food scarcity to German cities. The print's subject speaks directly to that home-front suffering. The record's details come from an unverified caption card, so the attribution and series title should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Notes | Lithograph by Hugo Krayn, from his Kreig und Kunst. pl. 26. Straight Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI; Fomine; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,209 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149512 |
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