The Burial (Begräbnis)

1916

Walter Gramatté

Associated Names
Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

The image consists of wavy, elongated lines and shapes forming an abstract depiction of a procession moving through a valley. Small, dark shapes with highlights of red and blue suggest figures marching or walking. Abstract formations resembling hills are on both sides, with black lines suggesting landscape contours. In the distance, blocky, red forms could be interpreted as buildings. The dark background enhances the abstract nature of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color linocut on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.3 x 40 cm (13 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
    plate: 24 x 22 cm (9 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.766

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eckhardt 1932, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 17, 1990; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932: 15.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under plate, in graphite: Walter Gramatté / isic.; by artist, lower left inder plate, in graphite: Leishenberg und [indecipherable]; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: E15A; by later hand, verso lower right, in grahite: 2 [circled]

Markings

stamp, verso lower right, in black ink: R

Wikidata ID

Q76560406

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