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George Grosz
"I wish they would finally show up"1921

Not on view
Vertical print in fine black lines on cream paper, densely packed caricatured human figures, ape-like creatures, a lion, a wild boar, and a palm tree in an expressive, chaotic composition
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Title
"I wish they would finally show up"
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1921
Medium
Off-set lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (23.18 × 17.46 cm) Image: 7 1/4 × 4 13/16 in. (18.42 × 12.22 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.43e
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Dückers, Alexander. George Grosz: das druckgraphische Werk/Alexander Dückers. Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien: Propyläen-Verlag, 1979.

  • 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.

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

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