The Fall into Infinity

1918

Walter Gramatté

Associated Names
Walter Gramatté

Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

This image displays the upper half of a figure positioned diagonally. The head is tilted downwards with abstract facial features including a prominent brow, deep-set eyes, and a furrowed expression. The dark hair flows backwards dynamically. An arm is outstretched upwards with slightly curled fingers. The surroundings are minimal with sketch-like lines indicating motion or energy, along with a faint outlined circle around the hand. The background is lightly colored and lacks detail, emphasizing the emotive gesture of the central figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 x 12.7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 x 25.5 cm (12 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.80.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eckhardt 1932, no. 122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased April 14, 1984; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

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

1985

  • NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 64, repro. p.85.

Inscriptions

below plate mark, lower right in graphite: WalterGramatte' 8; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Ec[h]a[r] 122 1918 X; by later hand, lower left verso: 1918 Sturzender

Watermarks

partial crest

Wikidata ID

Q74884187

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