Sonia, 1923

Not on View

Medium

etching in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.2 x 30.8 cm (9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)

sheet: 33 x 45.2 cm (13 x 17 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eckhardt 1932, no. 164

Accession Number

1989.80.5

Artists / Makers

Walter Gramatté (artist) German, 1897 - 1929

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: WalterGramatte '23; lower left in graphite: I/X; upper left in plate: Sonia [reversed]; lower right in plate: Walter 1.2.23 [reversed]; by later hand, lower right verso: E164

Marks and Labels

BS: EUPHORION VERLAG; Cm: RcK (Ruth Cole Kainen)

Provenance

Ernest Rathenau; (Ernst Rathenau estate sale, Sotheby's, London, April 20, 1988, lot 286); (via Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.
Rathenau, Ernest Dr.
Sotheby's

Bibliography

1932: Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932.