George Grosz
Brokenbrow - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1926
1926

Name: Brokenbrow - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1926
Brand: George Grosz
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About the Item

Brokenbrow is an original modern rare book written by Ernst Toller (Szamocin, 1893 – New York, 1939) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1926. Original First English Edition. Published by Nonesuch Press, London. Format: Large 8°. The book includes 50 pages with 6 reproductions of drawings. Original color illustrated cover. Mint 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. Ernst Toller (Szamocin, 1893 – New York, 1939), a German left-wing playwright, best known for his Expressionist plays.

Creator:

George Grosz (1891-1969, German)

Creation Year:

1926

Dimensions:

Height: 9.06 in (23 cm)Width: 7.29 in (18.5 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)

Medium:

Paper

Movement & Style:

Expressionist

Period:

1920-1929