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Walter Gramatté: German, 1897 - 1929

Bust of a Young Man, Self-portrait (Knabenkopf, Selbstporträt)
Das Gesicht (series)
1922/1923: etching and engraving, printed in green with red ink applied with fingertips; sheet: 52.8 × 36.5 cm (20 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
plate: 32.5 × 24.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Eckhardt 1932, no. 162; Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen; 2012.92.259; Not on View

Marks and Labels

stamp, verso center, in black ink: R

Provenance

(Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1993, lot 446); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739); gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Sotheby's

Bibliography

1932: Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932, no. 162.

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