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George Grosz

German painter and printmaker

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500014558.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to George Grosz:

George Grosz By the Canal (Am Kanal), 1915-1916 Photolithograph on thick wove (browned) paper
George Grosz Tumult, 1916 Photolithograph on wove paper
George Grosz Two Nudes, 1936 Charcoal drawing on wove paper
George Grosz “I want to exterminate everything around me that stands in my way and I cannot control”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “In my lands it will come to pass that…”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “What shameful misery to be obliged to play the hare in this world–but his lordship is in need of hares!”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “I have done my share—looting is your business!”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “Lions and leopards feed their brood, ravens serve up food to their young…”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “God’s visible blessing is with me.”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “They thunder meekness and forbearance from their clouds and bring human sacrifices to their God of love.”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “Swim, all who can swim, and let those who are clumsy go down.”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
George Grosz “Right dwells with the conqueror.”, 1922 Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
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