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George Grosz
Bow to the Authorities1927

Not on view
Print in bold black ink on cream paper, four caricatured figures: a military officer, a gaunt decorated official, a helmeted soldier, and a clergyman holding a Bible, with German handwritten text below

George Grosz, Der Malik Verlag, Bow to the Authorities, 1927, 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
Germany, also active United States, 1893-1959
Publisher
Der Malik Verlag
Germany, Berlin, 1917-
Title
Bow to the Authorities
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1927
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (13.34 × 23.02 cm) Sheet: 6 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (16.99 × 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
83.1.79b
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.
  • Kaplan, Rachel, and Erin Sullivan Maynes. Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany. October 29, 2022 - July 22, 2023
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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