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George Grosz
We are born to obey!1927

Not on view
Black ink print featuring an oversized legal section symbol topped with a crown, pressing down on a skeletal figure lying on its back, with German handwritten text below
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Germany, also active United States, 1893-1959
Publisher
Der Malik Verlag
Germany, Berlin, 1917-
Title
We are born to obey!
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1927
Medium
Rotogravure on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/4 x 5 3/16 in. (19.69 x 13.18 cm); 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
83.1.79q
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.