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Walter Gramatté
The face1924

Not on view
Etching or drypoint print, oversized head rendered in dark ink with white pinpoint eyes, flanked by two small skeletal figures in the background, loose expressive linework
Etching portrait of an elderly person, bust-length, facing forward, with fragmented angular lines across the face and radiating dark hatching in the background.
Intaglio print, close-up portrait of a face in three-quarter view against a heavily textured dark background, rendered with expressive etched lines and aquatint toning; wild scratched marks suggest hair above the brow, with abstract linear forms scattered throughout the composition.
Intaglio print of a hooded figure in three-quarter view, rendered with dense cross-hatching and aquatint toning against a dark background; feather-like textures cover the garment and surround the face.
Drypoint etching, bust-length portrait of a figure in a collared shirt, face rendered with heavy crosshatched lines obscuring the features, sparse gestural lines defining the body against a pale ground. Numbered edition notation visible at bottom left.
Intaglio print depicting two figures in profile and three-quarter view, facing each other against a textured background with a bold horizontal dark band. Energetic hatched lines define clothing and facial features; one figure holds a pinecone-like form. Pencil signature and edition number below the plate mark.
Intaglio print portrait, bust of a figure with voluminous light hair against a dark aquatint background, wearing a fur-collared garment, rendered with expressive etched linework. Handwritten signature and edition number in pencil below the plate.
Etching portrait of a young man, head and shoulders, facing forward with dense cross-hatched lines defining the face and swept hair against a speckled gray background.
Intaglio print, close-up portrait of an older man's face rendered in dense, swirling etched lines. Oval floating forms surround the head against a textured background. Expressive linework defines deep facial creases and short wavy hair.

Walter Gramatté, Man in Room: Self-portrait (Mann im Raum: Selbstbildnis), 1923, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Walter Gramatté
Title
The face
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1924
Medium
Nine etchings with aquatint (three with watercolor) on Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries.
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.66a-i
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

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