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Dédie à un sale collègue. To the painter Anton K. (Self-Portrait with Raised Hands)

Walter GramattéLinkedCulture matchlcp-56aaed068e54

Date: 1923
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Department: European Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 143933

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Walter Gramatté was a German painter and printmaker whose short career began with his discharge from military service in 1918 until his premature death in 1929. Despite poor health, financial difficulties, and unstable housing, he persevered to create a body of highly personal art that favored truthful introspection over superficial beauty. He produced some 200 self-portraits and over 100 portraits of his wife Sonia, a remarkable musician and composer. In 2021, the Eckhardt-Gramatté foundation presented Mia with a large collection of prints, printing matrices, and sketches that reveal his creative processes in depth. This collection includes trial proofs, variants, hand-colored prints, printing plates, and other rare material. We invite you to explore the collection on Mia's wed site and, by appointment, in the Hershel V. Jones Study Room. Germany, Europe

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Credit line: Gift of The Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

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18th-19th Century European Portrait Miniatures
These objects are predominantly portrait miniatures and small-scale portrait paintings from Central European and Russian courts, created between the 18th and 19th centuries using techniques such as watercolor on ivory, g
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