Walter Gramatté (German, 1897–1929)

Plunge Into Infinity: Plate IV for Der Rebell (Der Sturz in die Unendlichkeit: Blatt IV zur Der Rebell) from the periodical Marsyas , no. 5 (Sum 1918)

Author:

Manfred Georg

Date:

1918

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 6 13/16 x 5 1/8" (17.3 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 3/8 x 11 5/16" (39 x 28.7 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid (Zanders).

Publisher:

Hochstimm Verlag, Berlin

Printer:

Alfred Ruckenbrod, Berlin

Edition:

245 (10; periodical edition for Marsyas, no. 5 [Summer 1918]: 35 on Imperial Japan or Strathmore japan paper and 200 on handmade Bütten paper [this ex.])

Credit Line:

The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund

Reference:

Eckhardt 122. Söhn 13805-4.

MoMA Number:

11.1985

Themes:

Death, Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Intaglio