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George Grosz
Little Grosz portfolio1917

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, three figures in loose gestural linework on a city street, with block-letter text reading 'BAR' in the background
Ink drawing with energetic crosshatched linework; a mustachioed man in a jacket dominates the foreground against a crowded urban street scene with multi-story buildings, a church spire, and signs reading "Restaurant" and "Pension für In- und Ausländer" in German script; figures and animals scattered throughout.
Pen and ink drawing of a crowded urban street scene at night, with exaggerated caricature figures in early 20th-century dress moving before a row of multi-story buildings, including a hotel; a crescent moon and stars above a clock tower, rendered in loose, scratchy linework.
Ink drawing with sharp, angular line work depicting a crowded restaurant or café scene, with multiple exaggerated caricatured figures seated and standing around tables with glasses; a cigar-smoking man in the foreground, small animals sketched at lower left, and additional figures receding into the background.
Pen and ink sketch of a saloon scene with loose, gestural linework; several figures gathered around a table with bottles, two standing figures at right, a small dog on the floor, and a framed portrait upper right; handwritten text reads "SALOON" and "Old Tom Gin" among sketched architectural elements in the background.
Pen and ink drawing with loose, gestural linework. Upper half shows a street-level view of two building facades with windows and a doorway. Lower half depicts a dense, chaotic crowd of roughly a dozen figures in motion, overlapping and tumbling diagonally across the composition.
Ink drawing of a street scene with caricatured figures in early 20th-century dress; a stout man and corseted woman stand at center, surrounded by bustling pedestrians, circus posters, and building facades. Handwritten German text reads "zum hotel" and "Circus." A disembodied face and scattered figures appear in the foreground, rendered with loose, scratchy linework.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework depicting a group of figures on a diagonal street or path. Foreground shows a woman in a hat and dress alongside a rotund crouching figure holding a small flower; behind them, two tall figures in military-style caps and coats; a smaller uniformed figure stands apart at right.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework depicting a crowded interior scene; several figures in the foreground converse around a small table with drinks, while additional figures and architectural forms fill the background.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework depicting three figures in a diagonal cluster: a partially nude figure at left, a crouching central figure, and a stout man in a bowler hat at right, with a small figure sketched near the top.
Pen and ink illustration with loose, sketchy linework; two figures in the foreground embrace, one wearing a brimmed hat and suit, the other holding flowers; a small dog trots nearby; schematic cityscape with towers and buildings recedes into the background.
Pen and ink drawing of a city waterfront at night, with a row of multi-story buildings and a domed tower at left, bare trees along a quay, a steamship on wavy water in the foreground, and a crescent moon with scattered stars above.
Ink drawing of a dense urban cityscape viewed from above, with layered rooftops, multi-story buildings, bare trees, and utility lines rendered in loose, sketchy black linework on white.
Pen and ink drawing of a dense urban cityscape viewed from a tilted, vertiginous perspective, with angular multi-story buildings, chimneys, utility lines, and small street-level figures rendered in loose, gestural linework on white paper.
Pen and ink drawing of a city scene with a central church steeple topped by a cross, surrounded by multi-story buildings, evergreen trees, a crescent moon, and scattered stars, rendered in loose expressive linework.
Pen and ink drawing of a multi-story building with grid-like windows, flanked by bare trees and dark crosshatched sky with stars and a crescent moon; a horse-drawn carriage passes in the foreground, with a street lamp and small figures nearby, rendered in loose, sketchy linework.
Pen and ink drawing of a standing bespectacled man holding papers, surrounded by a collage of sketched elements: city buildings, a hot air balloon, crescent moon, stars, tulips, a smaller figure of a girl, and a leaping animal in the upper right, rendered in loose expressive linework on white ground.
Pen and ink drawing with caricatured figures; three men gathered around a bottle labeled 'RUM,' with loose expressive linework; a cat rests on the floor below, a multi-story building visible through a window at left, and hanging lamps overhead.
Pen and ink drawing with loose, sketch-like lines; a tall multi-story building occupies the left edge, its windows showing figures and a potted plant; a schematic urban skyline with a bare tree and cylindrical structure spans the middle ground; a sun with radiating lines appears upper right; a horizontal floating figure and a running dog are rendered in the open foreground below.
Ink drawing with loose, gestural linework depicting a street scene at night. Several schematically rendered figures in coats and hats gather in an urban setting, with a multi-story building, small houses, a crescent moon, and stars in the background.
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Title
Little Grosz portfolio
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1917
Medium
Twenty transfer lithographs on Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries.
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.72a-t
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).
  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.