Smiling Head, Self-portrait (Lächelnder Kopf, Selbstporträt)
1923
Medium
etching and engraving, printed in black and green
Dimensions
sheet: 53 × 39 cm (20 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.) plate: 25.5 × 17.5 cm (10 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.252
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...