From Cordoba (Aus Cordoba)
Walter Gramatté
1926
Medium
engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 49.2 × 37.2 cm (19 3/8 × 14 5/8 in.) plate: 27 × 21 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.243
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...