Never Again Krieg ("War")
After Käthe Kollwitz's Krieg series, 1922–23.
Just over one hundred years later,
these images do not feel like history
“I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. It is my duty to voice the sufferings of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.” - Käthe Kollwitz
Die Witte I - Plate III
Shane Monds (May 2026), after K. Kollwitz
PROJECT STATEMENT
In 1922–23, Käthe Kollwitz completed seven woodcuts about war. As truly anti-war art, her work did not glorify soldiers, show the battlefield or make a memorial to the fallen. She chose to focus on those that carried the grief and trauma for decades without being on the front line. Her subjects: the widow, the grieving parents and the mothers forming a circle around what remains.
Feeling this deeply, I knew that she had already said better something we are experiencing today, and just over one hundred years later, those images do not feel like history.
I have chosen to immerse myself and create a "forensic master study." Like a musician delving into a work as a performer, I am creating the series of seven hand-carved relief prints after Kollwitz's originals, produced at the same scale, on archival papers, hand-burnished with oil ink. Over 700 hours of studio labor. Every plate studied from original Kollwitz prints, including direct study appointments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A strictly limited edition of 50 numbered prints per plate. My work is not just to self serve or re-create the work of a master, but to bring awareness to these timeless images, give individuals and institutions a chance to feel them in person, and direct 25% of net revenue to humanitarian relief supporting women and children in active conflict zones.
The Seven Plates of the Series
Die WitweI - The Widow I
Plate III - 26” x 19” oil ink on Archival Paper
Image size: approx. 14.5” x 9.25"
Available Now
$250 Signed Limited Edition of 50
Select Trial Proofs and State Proofs — inquire
Das Volk - The People/Nation
Plate VII - 26” x 19” oil ink on Archival Paper
Image size: approx. 14.2” x 11.75"
Available Now
$250 Signed Limited Edition of 50
Select Trial Proofs and State Proofs — inquire
Die Eltern - The Parents
Plate V - 26” x 19” oil ink on Archival Paper
Image size: approx. 13.8” x 16.75”
Preview: Public Domain used from WikiArt
Pre-Sales at Discount
$200 Signed Limited Edition of 50
Ships first week of June, 2026
Pre-sales secures early edition numbers
Remaining Plates
Inquire for Pre-sales or Full Series Deposit
Full Folio Purchase
$600 Deposit
$900 due upon with additional shipments
additional $300 for professional documentation packet and historical notes by the artist
Deposit covers current prints ready for shipment
and a $100 hold on future prints
Pre-sales secures early edition numbers
Never Again War - charcoal 30”×20” by Shane Monds after Kollwitz’s Nie Wieder Krieg : sold
read more about this monumental work and its impact on the 20th century anti-war movement
Giving Structure.
Humanitarian Mandate
25% of net revenue from every Krieg print sold will go directly to Episcopal Relief & Development (Women & Girls fund) focused on war affected citizens, and the Global Fund for Widows
Tracking of sales revenue and humanitarian pledge and donations will be made available here at the end of May and updated at the end of each month with donations given quarterly.
Just launched in mid-May 2026, this project is under going a sponsorship campaign to make the full success of the project possible through a consortium of institutions. If you are interested in being part of this humanitarian mandate, please contact.
Never again war.