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George Grosz
Sharks1920-1921

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Print with thin black lines on white paper showing four loosely arranged figures: a heavyset bald man gesturing, a faintly drawn boxing figure, a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, and a large bald man in profile

George Grosz, Sharks, 1920-1921, 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
Sharks
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920-1921
Medium
Off-set lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 x 10 13/16 in. (20.64 x 27.46 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
83.1.73.66
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.
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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