Das leere Café (The Empty Café)

1917

Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with touches of stumping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Merritt Porter Dyke Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.1 x 26.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.71.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 29 November 2003, no. 547). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 143.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: Das leere Café / W. G. 17; lower left in graphite: Gramatté 17; by later hand in graphite, lower right verso: BW 2/ 53

Wikidata ID

Q64634023


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