The Couple (Das Paar), 1922

Not on View

Medium

etching and abrasion in blue-green on japan paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.5 x 25.3 cm (9 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

sheet: 45.5 x 34 cm (17 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eckhardt 1932, no. 160

Accession Number

1989.80.6

Artists / Makers

Walter Gramatté (artist) German, 1897 - 1929

Image Use

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Inscription

below plate mark, lower left in graphite: VII/X; below plate mark, lower right in graphite: WalterGramatte '22; upper left in plate: W.G.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: E160 ; by later hand, lL //in graphite: 529; by later hand, lC //in graphite: E79.512/4; by later hand, l C //in graphite: Japan

Marks and Labels

BS: EUPHORION VERLAG

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); purchased May, 1981; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Sumers Graphics

Bibliography

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

1976: Boerner, GRAMATTE, Dusseldorf: 2/7-28/76, repro. on cover.

1985: NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 60, repro. p.86.