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George Grosz
Deep in thought1920

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, two bald male figures: a suited man seated at a lectern above, and a round-headed profile below, rendered in loose contour lines

George Grosz, Deep in thought, 1920, 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
Deep in thought
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Off-set lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (27.62 x 15.72 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
83.1.73.37
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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