1922
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bird Girl, Sonia Gramatté (Vogelmädchen, Sonia Gramatté) is a 1922 ink by Walter Gramatté, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a girl with wings and a bird’s head, standing in a field of tall grass. Her face is blurred, and her body looks both human and bird-like. The sky is a deep blue, and the whole image is printed in shades of blue and gray. The artist used lines and shading to create texture, especially in the feathers and grass. The signature in the corner is small and hard to read. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this make prints.
Walter Gramatté (8 January 1897 in Berlin – 9 February 1929 in Hamburg) was a German expressionist painter who specialized in magic realism.
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