Tired Woman, Sonia Gramatté (Müder Mädchenkopf, Sonia Gramatté)
1923
Medium
engraving and etching, printed in black with blue-green and red wiping
Dimensions
sheet: 54 × 38 cm (21 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.) plate: 30 × 23.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.256
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...