The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right) (Die große Angst [Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts])
1918
Walter Gramatté
Artist, German, 1897 - 1929
Printer
Publisher, German, 1880 - 1949
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint with transparent watercolor
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Credit Line
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
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Dimensions
sheet: 30 × 23.81 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2022.155.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eckhardt 1932, no. 118
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Conrad Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood MD; Christopher and Beverly WIth, July 2012; gift to NGA, 2022
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2024
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.
Bibliography
1932
Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932: no. 118.
Inscriptions
lower right sheet, signed, in graphite: Walter Gramatté 18
Watermarks
None.