The Tightrope Walker (Die Seiltänzerin)
1925
Artist, German, German, 1879 - 1936

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 37 × 30 cm (14 9/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
plate: 15 × 11.8 cm (5 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.213
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rathenau 1964, no. 40
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Cole Kainen [1929-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 3, 2004; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1964
Rathenau, Ernest. Im Memoriam Paul Gangolf. Berlin: Euphorin Verlag, 1964, no. 40.
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: Gangolf; by artist, lower left, in graphite: 23/55
Markings
stamp, verso center, in black ink: R
Wikidata ID
Q76556368