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Self-Portrait in Front of Stairs (Selbst vor Treppe) by Walter Gramatté

Self-Portrait in Front of Stairs (Selbst vor Treppe)

Walter Gramatté · 1922

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Palette

Fawn
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Deep teal
 12% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.2:1
Taupe
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1
Parchment
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1
Graphite
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1
Brick
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Walter Gramatté
1897–1929
Date
1922
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
watercolor over graphite
Size
sheet: 48.5 x 37.5 cm (19 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Place
German
Period
20th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 20

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1929: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2000. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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