DrawingsGerman20th century

To Gogol 'The Overcoat'

1918

Artists

Walter GramattéArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

29.6 × 22 cm (11 5/8 × 8 11/16 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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