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The image shows a scene with a house or series of buildings along the horizon line, under a sun in the sky. The structures are depicted with bold black lines and simple details like arched windows and doors. In the foreground, there are swirling lines indicating a textured landscape leading to the buildings, with a dark structure to the left. The artwork is in black and gray tones, resembling an etching or drypoint technique with varying stroke intensity and direction.
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The image shows a scene with a house or series of buildings along the horizon line, under a sun in the sky. The structures are depicted with bold black lines and simple details like arched windows and doors. In the foreground, there are swirling lines indicating a textured landscape leading to the buildings, with a dark structure to the left. The artwork is in black and gray tones, resembling an etching or drypoint technique with varying stroke intensity and direction.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Barracks (Kaserne)

Walter Gramatté

Date
1916
Medium
drypoint on cardstock
Dimensions
sheet: 21.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.) plate: 16 × 19 cm (6 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.92.238
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Sun
  • Building
Provenance

(Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 4, 2004; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

by later hand, verso lower left, in typescript: Kunstblatt-Beilage. Walter Gramatté: Kaserne

Marks

stamp, verso center, in black ink: R

NGA object ID 153620. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.