DrawingsGerman20th century

Frightened Head

c. 1918

Artists

Walter GramattéArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Lithograph

Medium

Lithograph on cream wove paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

15 × 13 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Walter Gramatté; to Sophie Carmen (Sonia) Gramatté (1929-1974); to Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt (1974-1995); to The Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.

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