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George Grosz
The power of music1922

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Print with loose black ink lines on cream paper, several figures gathered around a gramophone on a small table, with a military figure standing to the left and a helmeted bust in the upper corner

George Grosz, The power of music, 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Title
The power of music
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Off-set lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. (28.42 x 18.89 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
83.1.73.31
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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