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The image displays a black-and-white illustration on the right page of an open book. It shows a person standing in profile facing to the left. The individual's facial features are lightly sketched, and their hair is covered by a large hat. The person wears a long, dark coat and stands on a path with abstract shapes in the background resembling trees or foliage edges. The scene has stark contrasts between light and dark areas and an atmospheric quality. The left page contains German text organized into paragraphs relating to the illustration.
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The image displays a black-and-white illustration on the right page of an open book. It shows a person standing in profile facing to the left. The individual's facial features are lightly sketched, and their hair is covered by a large hat. The person wears a long, dark coat and stands on a path with abstract shapes in the background resembling trees or foliage edges. The scene has stark contrasts between light and dark areas and an atmospheric quality. The left page contains German text organized into paragraphs relating to the illustration.

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Akaki trägt den Mantel das erstemal auf der Straße (Akaki Wears the Coat on the Street for the First Time) (plate 6) from Der Mantel (The Coat)

Walter Gramatté

Date
1919
Medium
lithograph from a bound volume with 12 lithographs and one relief print on laid JW Zanders paper
Dimensions
book: 25.8 × 20.4 × 1 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 3/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Accession number
2012.92.623.7
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Volume
Der Mantel (The Coat)

Subjects and terms

  • lithograph
Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased August 3, 1988; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

First lithograph signed and dated in graphite bottom right: Walter Gramatté / 18.; the remaining 11 lithographs initialed in graphite: WG[?] 18

NGA object ID 228034. 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.