From Cordoba (Aus Cordoba) 1926

Walter Gramatté created this etching, titled "From Cordoba," using black ink on paper. The image features a village scene in Spain, where buildings and roads form a striking composition. Notice how Gramatté employs a stark contrast between light and shadow. He uses dense, dark lines to define the structures and pathways, creating depth and spatial relationships. The lines are not just descriptive; they are expressive, with a graphic quality that brings a sense of dynamism to the composition. The buildings are simplified into geometric forms, reflecting early modernist interests in abstracting from reality to reveal an underlying formal order. This etching functions as more than just a visual record. It encapsulates a modernist tendency to deconstruct traditional perspective and representation. The artist invites us to see the world not as it appears, but as a structured, semiotic landscape where forms and lines construct meaning. The scene becomes a meditation on how we perceive and represent space itself.