Mädchen am Fenster (Girl by the Window), 1922

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2012.92.767

Artists / Makers

Walter Gramatté (artist) German, 1897 - 1929

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

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)

Marks and Labels

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

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

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

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.