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 Max Kaus Art