Scene in the Cafe with the Cripple

1918

Walter Gramatté

Associated Names
Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

The image shows an elongated figure with exaggerated facial features, including large eyes and a high forehead, standing with one hand gesturing forward. The person is dressed in a long, tattered robe and the hair is dark and swept back. Surrounding the figure are smaller sketchy figures, and the background is filled with lines and abstract forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.7 × 29 cm (15 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
    plate: 17 × 12.5 cm (6 11/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.242

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eckhardt 1932, no. 121, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Der Rebell

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, December 8-9, 1994, lot 289); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739); gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932, no. 121.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: "Der Rebell" III

Markings

stamp, verso center, in black ink: R

Watermarks

crowned shield with fleur-de-lis [cut off]

Wikidata ID

Q76556441

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