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George Grosz
The war did me a lot of good, like a spa1927

Not on view
Print with loose black lines on white paper, a skeletal figure in a military garrison cap with crossed arms and a rifle, German inscription below

George Grosz, Der Malik Verlag, The war did me a lot of good, like a spa, 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
The war did me a lot of good, like a spa
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1927
Medium
Rotogravure on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (19.69 x 12.54 cm) irregular; Sheet: 10 13/16 x 6 11/16 in. (27.46 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
83.1.79l
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.

Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York