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Walter Gramatté
The murder1925

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Etching with bold black lines depicting two large faces close together, one hand gripping a small animal, with radiating diagonal lines in the background

Walter Gramatté, The murder, 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
The murder
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1925
Medium
Etching on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 10 5/8 x 8 3/16 in. (26.99 x 20.8 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
83.1.10i
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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