Mädchen am Fenster (Girl by the Window)

1922

Walter Gramatté

Associated Names
Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

The image shows a person sitting at a table. The person is seated and has a somber expression with dark, deep-set eyes and a relatively neutral mouth. They have a short bob hairstyle with dark and lighter shades. The person is wearing a dark green jacket over a light blue shirt, with a yellow ribbon tied at the neck. The background is reddish with abstract textures. There is a window on the right with blue, yellow, and white hues. On the table is a rectangular object with muted shades of beige and pink.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.7 x 37.2 cm (19 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.767

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's widow, Sophie-Carmen [called Sonia] Fridman-Gramatté, later Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté [1899-1974]; (sold via C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf), to Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased 7 September 1989; gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Walter Gramatté 1897-1929: Paintings, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1966, no. 39 (not reprod.)(cat. by Ferdinand Eckhardt and R. H. Hubbard).

1989

  • Walter Gramatté 1897-1929: Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier. Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Munich, 1989, no. 108.

Bibliography

1081

  • Walter Gramatté: Bilder und Aquarelle/Paintings and Watercolours. Winnipeg, 1981 (published privately by the Estate S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté): A. 134 (color).

1990

  • Pese, Claus. Walter Gramatté: Eine Documentation in Bildern und Texten. Stuttgart, 1990: 286.

Inscriptions

by artist, verso center and lower center, in graphite: Unverkäuflich [underlined]; by artist, verso lower center, in purple pencil; Mädchen am Fenster/ Gramatté / (Papagei); by later hand, verso lower left, in graphite: (DM. 600)

Markings

stamp, verso lower center, in black ink: R; red stickers (3), upper left: 24,00 / 28,00 / 32,00

Wikidata ID

Q64634026

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