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Walter Gramatté
Two townsmen run away because they hear unearthly sounds from the pond1925

Not on view
Etching or drypoint print of two stocky figures in heavy coats and round hats walking away from us up a diagonal slope, with bare tree trunks behind them, in bold black ink on cream paper

Walter Gramatté, Two townsmen run away because they hear unearthly sounds from the pond, 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Walter Gramatté
Title
Two townsmen run away because they hear unearthly sounds from the pond
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1925
Medium
Etching on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (26.99 x 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.10 l
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies