The Couple, Self-Portrait with Wife (Das Paar, Selbstporträt mit Frau)
1922
Medium
drypoint, printed in blue-green, on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 54.13 × 37.5 cm (21 5/16 × 14 3/4 in.) plate: 24.5 × 25.4 cm (9 5/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.255
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...