Lenz
1925
Medium
bound volume with 12 illustrations containing etching, drypoint, spitbite, and plate tone on laid Van Gelder-Bûtten paper
Dimensions
book: 47.2 × 33.3 × 1.7 cm (18 9/16 × 13 1/8 × 11/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.261.1
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...