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“Swim, all who can swim, and let those who are clumsy go down.”
192220th century
693 x 505 mm (27.3 x 19.9 in.)
George Grosz, German, (1893–1959)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Series:
Number 8 from set of nine lithographs Die Räuber
Edition:
Edition B of 45 impressions printed by Malik-Verlag, Berlin, 1922. Number eight from the set of nine lithographs illustrating quotations from Schiller’s drama Die Räuber.
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Grosz”; numbered in pencil, lower left
Marks:
Watermark:
J.W. Zanders 1920
Bibliography:
See cover sheet in portfolio for edition information and quotations for titles.
Credit Line:
Purchase funds, 1961
Accession Number:
1961.9.2.8
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This object has the following keywords:
- political satire
- politics
- satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
- social satire
- swimming
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 693 x 505 mm (27.3 x 19.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
George Grosz, German, (1893–1959) . “Swim, all who can swim, and let those who are clumsy go down.”, 1922. From Die Räuber. Photolithograph (photoreproduction of drawing) on handmade wove paper. sheet : 693 x 505 mm (27.3 x 19.9 in.). DAC accession number 1961.9.2.8. Purchase funds, 1961.