The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right) (Die große Angst [Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts])
Walter Gramatté
1918
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Medium
drypoint with transparent watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 30 × 23.81 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Accession Number
2022.155.5
About the Artist
Walter Gramatté
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...