Man in a Room, Self-portrait

1922-1923

Walter Gramatté

Associated Names
Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

The image shows an abstract and sketch-like portrayal of a person's face and partial upper torso. The face is depicted from the front, emphasizing facial features extending down to part of the shoulders. The facial features are exaggerated with deep lines and shadowing, showing large eyes, a broad nose, and a severe mouth outlined with dark, jagged strokes. The hair is sporadically sketched around the crown in a rough manner. The person is wearing a garment in a dark green hue that extends slightly below the neckline. In the background, abstract lines and shapes are present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching printed in black and green on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.9 × 21.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 54.3 × 38.7 cm (21 3/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.251

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eckhardt 1932, no. 155, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Das Gesicht (Plate 1)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1993, lot 446); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932: no. 155, ii/ii

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, at right, in graphite: Walter Gramatté / 23

Wikidata ID

Q76556463

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