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Walter Gramatté
The overcoat: Twelve lithographs to the story by Nikolay Gogol1919

Not on view
Lithograph of two figures leaning over a table, rendered in heavy black ink with a glowing white area behind their bowed heads
Lithograph in black and white with heavy contrasting tones; a hunched figure in dark clothing leans over a desk or cabinet, head bowed, with loose expressive mark-making creating strong areas of light and shadow.
Black and white lithograph of a stooped, dark-clad figure advancing toward the viewer, holding objects in both hands, with an angular urban background rendered in heavy, gestural strokes.
Black and white woodcut or lithograph depicting a large, distorted figure with an exaggerated grimacing face looming over a smaller chained figure, rendered in bold contrasts of black and white with expressive, gestural marks; a table with objects visible at upper right.
Lithograph in black and white depicting an exaggerated caricature figure in a dark, heavy coat and hat standing at right, with a smaller crouching figure at lower left and an indistinct architectural form in the background, rendered with loose, granular crayon strokes.
Lithograph in black and white depicting a hunched figure in a dark overcoat and fur hat, one hand raised, rendered with expressive gestural marks and strong contrast between deep blacks and luminous whites.
Lithograph in black and white depicting two outstretched hands reaching across a light-toned ground, with dark gestural marks and angular forms in the upper background, rendered with rough, expressive texture.
Lithograph in stark black and white depicting a crouching figure with shackled, outstretched hands in the foreground, additional hands emerging from a dark background, rendered with dramatic chiaroscuro and heavy textured mark-making.
Black and white lithograph of a heavyset figure seated in a high-backed chair, leaning forward with hands resting on a flat surface, rendered in stark contrasts with deep shadows and rough, grainy texture.
Lithograph in deep black and white, two dark figures struggling with a rearing horse amid angular, fragmented background shapes, with energetic scratched marks and high contrast tonal gradations.
Lithograph in deep black and white with grainy texture, depicting angular architectural forms and diagonal lines converging in a dark, shadowed space, with curved steps or platforms visible in the lower right.
Artist or Maker
Walter Gramatté
Title
The overcoat: Twelve lithographs to the story by Nikolay Gogol
Place Made
Germany, Potsdam and Berlin
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material and twelve lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 7 5/8 × 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.37 × 1.27 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
83.1.63a-l
Classification
Books
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.