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George Grosz
Schwejk: "Beg to report sir, I am an idiot"1927

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, caricature of a heavyset uniformed military figure in profile, rendered in loose gestural black lines, with a German inscription below
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Germany, also active United States, 1893-1959
Publisher
Der Malik Verlag
Germany, Berlin, 1917-
Title
Schwejk: "Beg to report sir, I am an idiot"
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1927
Medium
Rotogravure on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (18.73 x 12.54 cm) irregular; Sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (25.88 x 16.99 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
83.1.79a
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.