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George Grosz
100% - Rare Book by George Grosz - 1921

1921

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100% is an original Modern rare book written by Upton Beall Sinclair (Baltimora, 1878 – Bound Brook, 1968) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1921. Original First Edition. Published by Malik, Berlin. Format: Small 8°. The book includes 347 pages with Ten full page lithographs. Original cover of John Heartfeld. Good conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield in 1915. Gradually, Grosz became associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit (“New Objectivity”) movement, which embraced realism as a tool of satirical social criticism. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (Baltimora,1878 – Bound Brook, 1968). He was an American writer, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.
  • Creator:
    George Grosz (1891-1969, German)
  • Creation Year:
    1921
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.09 in (18 cm)Width: 4.73 in (12 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5 mm)
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  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1191001stDibs: LU65038049042
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