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Bust of a Weary Man, Self-portrait (Ermüdender Kopf, Selbstporträt)

Bust of a Weary Man, Self-portrait (Ermüdender Kopf, Selbstporträt) by Walter Gramatté

Medium

etching and engraving, printed in green and red

Dimensions

sheet: 53.5 × 38 cm (21 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.) plate: 25 × 24 cm (9 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2012.92.253

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Walter Gramatté · 18971929

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...

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