Bust of a Young Man, Self-portrait (Knabenkopf, Selbstporträt)
1922/1923
Medium
etching and engraving, printed in green with red ink applied with fingertips
Dimensions
sheet: 52.8 × 36.5 cm (20 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.) plate: 32.5 × 24.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.259
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Walter Gramatté · 1897–1929
Walter Gramatté, born Walter Eduard Gramatté on January 8, 1897, in Berlin-Wedding to building manager Otto Gramatté and his wife Katharina, emerged as a poignant voice in German Expressionism despite a tragically brief career. The son of modest parents—described variably as a baker in some accounts—Gramatté volunteered for World War I in 1914 but was largely spared frontline duty due to chronic p...