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George Grosz
Dr. Benn's night cafe1918

Not on view
Print with bold black lines on white paper, crowded scene of more than a dozen caricatured figures including a central nude woman, surrounding clothed men, and a second partially clothed woman

George Grosz, Dr. Benn's night cafe, 1918, 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
Dr. Benn's night cafe
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Off-set lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (20.64 x 26.51 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
83.1.73.79
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