Qual (Torment)
1920/1921
Medium
color lithograph in black, violet, pink, and yellow, on japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 50.5 × 75 cm (19 7/8 × 29 1/2 in.) image: 37.5 × 48.5 cm (14 3/4 × 19 1/8 in.) [irregular]
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.624
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...