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George Grosz
God with us1920

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Lithograph of four caricatured military figures marching in line, drawn in loose black ink with exaggerated proportions; inscriptions read 'DIEU POUR NOUS,' 'GOTT MIT UNS,' and 'GOD FOR US'
Pen-and-ink caricature print depicting five exaggerated figures in German military uniforms. In the foreground, two stocky officers with spiked helmets and Iron Cross decorations; in the background, two soldiers with rifles and a rigid angular figure. Small wildflowers dot the ground. Printed captions in French, German, and English at the bottom margin.
Black and white print with hatched linework; a helmeted soldier in uniform stands over a prone figure on a riverbank, with bare trees, a moored rowboat, and an industrial city skyline visible in the background; text below reads "L'Angélus à Munich," "Feierabend," and "Ich Dien"
Pen-and-ink illustration of a group of men in plain clothing walking in a circle within a high-walled enclosure, watched by uniformed guards; captions at bottom read "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité," "Licht und Luft dem Proletariat," and "The Workmans Holiday."
Pen and ink satirical cartoon with caricatured figures in military and medical dress surrounding a human skeleton; a doctor stamps the skeleton with a document marked "KV" while uniformed officers observe at a table; a sign reading "Eingang" visible at right; captions in French, German, and English below.
Ink drawing, caricature of an oversized uniformed military figure smoking a pipe, standing over three kneeling figures in shackles, with industrial buildings in the background; text at bottom reads "L'ETAT, C'EST MOI," "DIE VOLLENDETE DEMOKRATIE," and "THE WORLD MADE SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY"
Ink drawing, political cartoon with two rotund figures dining at a table in the foreground, wine glasses between them, while soldiers and fallen figures fill the chaotic upper background; text at bottom reads "ÉCRASEZ LA FAMINE," "DIE KOMMUNISTEN FALLEN · UND DIE DEVISEN STEIGEN," and "BLOOD IS THE BEST SAUCE"; bold, caricatured linework throughout
Print featuring a caricature in profile of a man's head and shoulders, rendered in sparse black line work on white paper, with exaggerated facial features and a military-style collar; three short text phrases in French, German, and English printed along the bottom margin.

George Grosz, Der Malik Verlag, God for Us, 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Germany, also active United States, 1893-1959
Publisher
Der Malik Verlag
Germany, Berlin, 1917-
Title
God with us
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Eight photolithographs on G. F. Drey Könige laid paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 19 x 15 3/8 in. (48.26 x 39.05 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.73a-h
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.

  • Rigby, Ida Katherine. An alle Künstler! : War-Revolution-Weimar : German Expressionist Prints, Drawings, Posters and Periodicals from the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. San Diego : San Diego State University Press, 1983.
  • 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.
  • Dückers, Alexander. George Grosz: das druckgraphische Werk/Alexander Dückers. Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien: Propyläen-Verlag, 1979.

  • Barron, Stephanie, and Sabine Eckmann. New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919–1933. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.


Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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