The Couple (Das Paar)
1922
Artist, German, 1897 - 1929

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and abrasion in blue-green on japan paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 24.5 x 25.3 cm (9 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 45.5 x 34 cm (17 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1989.80.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eckhardt 1932, no. 160
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); purchased May, 1981; gift to NGA, 1989.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1932
Eckhardt, Ferdinand. Das graphische Werk von Walter Gramatte. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1932.
1976
Boerner, GRAMATTE, Dusseldorf: 2/7-28/76, repro. on cover.
1985
NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 60, repro. p.86.
Inscriptions
below plate mark, lower left in graphite: VII/X; below plate mark, lower right in graphite: WalterGramatte '22; upper left in plate: W.G.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: E160 ; by later hand, lL //in graphite: 529; by later hand, lC //in graphite: E79.512/4; by later hand, l C //in graphite: Japan
Markings
BS: EUPHORION VERLAG
Wikidata ID
Q74884282