Title Page 1925

Editor: Here we have Walter Gramatté’s "Title Page," created in 1925. It's an etching. It strikes me as quite poignant and unsettling, even. What's your take on it? Curator: Well, for me, it whispers of the raw, exposed nerves of post-World War I Germany. Look at the subject – Wozzeck, a character crushed by societal forces. Gramatté, with his own history of trauma, captures that perfectly, don’t you think? The scratchy lines, the almost desperate feel... it’s visceral. Editor: Absolutely, I see that desperation now! It makes me think of how art can be such a powerful mirror to society. Curator: Precisely! And how a single image can carry so much emotional weight, so much… truth. It's a little haunting, isn't it?