George Grosz Art
German, 1893-1959
George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. Grosz studied drawing at the Dresden Academy (1909–11) and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin (1912–14). He was in the army from 1914–15, and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin, where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement, 1917–20, and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage.
Many of Grosz’s drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns, Ecce Homo, Der Spiesser-Spiegel, etc.), and he was subject to prosecutions for insulting the army and blasphemy. He visited the United States in 1932 to teach at the Art Students League, New York, and settled there in 1933. In the latter part of his career, he tried to establish himself as a pure painter of landscapes and still life, but also painted many compositions of an apocalyptic and deeply pessimistic kind. His role in the Berlin Dada movement affected political outlooks and artistic developments not only in Germany, but also in Russia, the Balkan nations, and parts of France.
Grosz's penetrating, darkly humorous style of drawing and his use of satire as a weapon left a deep impression on the work of his contemporaries and the artists of the next generation. Some of his works from the early 1940s, particularly during World War II, do present an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. Additionally, some of his last pieces from 1958 were photomontages, and hearken back to his earlier Dadaist aesthetic and message, passing judgment upon consumerism and suggesting that his absorption with American culture had ended in disappointment. In 1959, Grosz sold his house and moved back to Berlin. He died shortly after his return, after a fall down the stairs.
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Artist: George Grosz
Landlord - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Landlord is an original vintage offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is plate n.29 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of ...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Cross Building Four Flights of Stairs - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Cross building four flights of stairs from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 49 from the porfolio Ecce Homo publishe...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
The Hypochondriac - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Hypochondriac is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.21 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph, Offset
Die Passagiere der leeren Platze - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1921
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Die Passagiere der leeren Platze is an original modern rare book written by Martin Andersen Nexø (Dresden, 1869 – Dresden, 1954) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Paper
Ecce Homo - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Ecce Homo is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1923.
Original First Edition.
Published by Malik Verlag, Berlin.
Format: Lar...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph, Offset, Paper
Couple - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Couple from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 57 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition o...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse by George Grosz - 1930
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1930.
Original First Edition.
Published by Malik, Berlin.
Format: in 4°.
The book includes 126 pages with 60 full page reproductions of drawings.
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...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Paper
George Grosz Lithograph "Vor Sonnenaufgang" ( Before Sunrise ), 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1922. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin
Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numera...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Brokenbrow - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1926
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
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 ...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Paper
Gesänge Gegen Bar - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1931
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Gesänge Gegen Bar is an original modern rare book written by Günther Schwenn (Berlin, 1903 - Geneva, 1991) and engraved by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1931.
Publis...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Photogravure, Paper
1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
1001 Afternoons in New York is an original modern rare book written by Ben Hecht (New York,1894 – New York, 1964) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 194...
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1940s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Paper
Steh auf prolet! - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Steh auf prolet! is an original modern rare book engraved by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) and written by Oskar Kanehl (Berlin, 1888 - Berlin, 1929) in 1922.
Original F...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Photogravure, Paper
Promenade - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Promenade is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.28 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of De...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Paper, Watercolor
News Vendor, New York - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1932
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
News Vendor, New York is an original drawing, ink on paper, realized by George Grosz in 1932, signature stamp and Grosz Estate stamp on the reverse n°4-56-7.
Certificate by Ralph Jentsch.
Provenance George Grosz Estate.
In very good conditions.
Here representing a man selling news angrily and a man with paper in his hand with indifference and calm look with a time devilish smile. critically demonstrated an allegorical and deeply pessimistic kind representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war.
George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Ink
Commerzienrat's Daughter - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Commerzienrat's daughter from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 48 from the portfolio Ecce Homo, published betw...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Homeland Figures - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Homeland figures from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922.
The artwork is the plate n. 47 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published betwee...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Big Head - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Big head from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 15 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Woman from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Woman from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 56 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition o...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
General from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
General from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 55 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Shark - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Shark is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 66 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Ve...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
George Grosz Lithograph "Dämmerung" (Twilight ), 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1922. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin
Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numera...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Acrobats from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Acrobats from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 50 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,editio...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Serenade by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Serenade from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized after a pen drawing by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 70 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Verlag Berli, that includes offset lithograph prints.
Numbered on plate on lower margin.
Good conditions except for a yellowing of paper due to the time and some minor defects along the margin.
Ecce homo is a selected compendium of 100 artworks (16 watercolors and 84 drawings) that Grosz realized from 1915 to 1922. The book is a real satire of post-war German life, with prostitutes, politicians, mutilated veterans,capitalists, and drunks in different states of despair, lust, and rage. The German government banned his artworks and Grosz was put on trial for public offense.
George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Couple - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 78 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
The Hug - Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The hug from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph print, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 83 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,e...
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1920s Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Self-Portrait with Dog in Front of the Easel, from: The Creators - German Art
By George Grosz
Located in London, GB
GEORGE GROSZ 1893-1959
1893 - Berlin - 1959 (German/American)
Title: Self-Portrait with Dog in Front of the Easel, from: The Creators Selbstbildni...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Conversation from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Conversation from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 69 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,ed...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Man of Honor - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Man of honor from Ecce Homo is a vintage offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 59 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edit...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Study - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Study from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 53 from the portfolio "Ecce Homo" published between 1922/1923, editi...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Men from Ecce Homo - Original Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Men from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 80 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of D...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph, Paper
The Walk - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The walk is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 81 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph, Paper
The Fifth Wheel - 1934 - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1934
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Fifth Wheel is an original drawing, pencil on paper, realized by George Grosz in 1934, signature stamp and Grosz Estate stamp on the reverse n°6-75-4...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Ink
"Professor Freud gewidmet" Lithograph 1922 by George Grosz
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1922. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin. Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numer...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Ledebour - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Ledebour from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 54 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edit...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Offset, Lithograph
Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Original china ink drawing on paper by George Grosz, representing a typical subject of social and family issues.
Provenance: Grosz Foundation (Regist...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Ink
George Grosz "Whisky" Lithograph, 1917
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper Ecce Homo by George Grosz, 1917. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin. Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numerals lo...
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1910s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Christus am Oelberg - Christ on the Mount of Olives
By George Grosz
Located in Miami, FL
This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné
Signed lower right.
Estate stamp on verso...
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1930s Dada George Grosz Art
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Ink, Watercolor
George Grosz "Ecce Homo" Lithograph, 1921
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1921. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin. Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numer...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Lithograph by George Grosz "Der Mädchenhändler" ( The white Slaver ), 1918
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1918. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin
Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numera...
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1910s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
"Walzertraum" ( Waltz Dream ) Lithograph 1921 by George Grosz
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1921. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin. Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numer...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
George Grosz "Pappi und Mammi" ( Daddy and Mommy ) Lithograph, 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1922. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin. Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numer...
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1920s George Grosz Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Christus am Oelberg - Christ on the Mount of Olives
By George Grosz
Located in Miami, FL
This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné
Signed lower right.
Estate stamp on ...
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1930s Dada George Grosz Art
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Ink, Watercolor
Berlin Street Scene
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Ink wash on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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1920s Other Art Style George Grosz Art
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Paper, Ink
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022George Grosz was a German artist best known for his character drawings and his paintings of Berlin in the 1920s. His work was often very critical of the politics of the day and German society. In the 1930s, Grosz immigrated to the United States and gave up the style he had previously been known for and began teaching. Shop a selection of George Grosz pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.