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George Grosz
First George Grosz portfolio1917

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Print on cream paper, oval composition of a dense urban street scene with tall buildings, diagonal lines, overlapping figures, an American flag, and handwritten text fragments
Ink drawing with loose, energetic linework depicting multiple figures and horses in a street scene. Foreground shows a standing figure with braided hair and beaded necklace, a decorated dog, and a bald figure at lower right. Background includes mounted riders and buildings with signs reading "STORE" and "SALOON."
Pen and ink drawing of an urban waterfront scene, with multi-story buildings and bare trees along an embankment above a choppy river; a small boat and a figure appear on the water, rendered in loose, sketchy linework on cream paper.
Ink drawing of a busy urban street scene with multiple angular figures in motion, including pedestrians, a sailor, and figures walking dogs, with blocky buildings and a densely scribbled tree in the background, rendered in spare, angular line work.
Ink drawing of a crowded city street scene with frenetic line work; figures in coats and hats fill the foreground, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians recede into a dense urban skyline; a tall building at left shows vignettes of figures visible through three stacked windows.
Pen and ink drawing of a city street intersection viewed from above, with apartment buildings, a restaurant labeled "Zum Schlesier," a street lamp, bare trees, and a dense urban skyline receding into the background, rendered in loose expressive linework.
Pen and ink drawing of a city street scene at night, with bold outlines and loose linework. A large corner building with a steeple anchors the composition, surrounded by multi-story buildings receding into the distance. Scattered pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and two wheeled wagons or caravans appear in the foreground. A crescent moon and stars are sketched in the upper left sky.
Pen and ink drawing of a crowded café or bar interior, with multiple figures seated and standing at tables scattered with bottles and glasses, rendered in angular, Expressionist line work with overlapping fragmented forms; a small dog appears in the lower right foreground.
Lithograph with bold, gestural marks depicting multiple angular human figures in a chaotic urban scene; two stylized faces with simplified features dominate the foreground, while fragmented bodies and architectural elements collide in the background beneath a circular form in a dark sky.

George Grosz, Verlag Neue Jugend, Der Malik Verlag, Memory of New York, 1915-16; published 1916-17, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Title
First George Grosz portfolio
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1917
Medium
Nine transfer lithographs on Japan paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 19 3/4 x 15 1/16 in. (50.17 x 38.26 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.71a-i
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Dückers, Alexander. George Grosz: das druckgraphische Werk/Alexander Dückers. Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien: Propyläen-Verlag, 1979.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York