Artworks · George Grosz

"Let those swim who can - the heavy may sink!" (Act I, scene 1), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Right is with the strongest." (Act I, scene 1), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"I will root up from my path whatever obstructs my progress towards becoming the master." (Act 1, scene 1), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"I have done my part... the plunder is your affair!" (Act II, scene 3), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Even lions and tigers nourish their young. Ravens feast their brood on carrion." (Act I, scene 2), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"The blessing of heaven is visibly upon me." (Act II, scene 2), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Poor hare! Thou playest but a sorry part in this world's drama, but your worshipful lords must needs have hares!" (Act I, scene 1), from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Under my rule it shall be brought to pass, that potatoes and small-ber shall be considered a holiday treat, and woe to him who meets my eye with the audacious front of health. Haggard want, and crouching fear, are my insignia; and in this livery..., from Die Rauber

1922 · Lithograph on paper

70 × 53.5 cm (27 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"I have done my part... the plunder is your affair!" (Act II, Scene 3), from Die Raüber

1922 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 48 × 37.1 cm (18 15/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 67.5 × 47.5 cm (26 5/8 × 18 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Will Root up From My Path Whatever Obstructs my Progress Toward Becoming the Master (Act I, scene i)

1922 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 58.2 × 44.1 cm (22 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 67.7 × 47.1 cm (26 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Folio Cover, from Die Rauber

1922 · Portfolio cover

71.5 × 50 × 1 cm (28 3/16 × 19 11/16 × 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (The dance of to day)

1922 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and gelatin silver prints on postcard with ink and stamped ink

5 1/2 × 3 1/2" (13.9 × 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jugend (plate, folio 88) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 × 6 1/4" (27 × 15.9 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Verantwortlichen (plate, folio 29) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 6 11/16 × 11 1/4" (17 × 28.5 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Quergebäude vier Treppen (plate, folio 61) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 6 1/2 × 11" (16.5 × 27.9 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Der absolute Monarchist (plate, folio 43) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 15/16 × 7 3/16" (27.8 × 18.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bessere Leute (plate, folio 11) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 6 1/8 × 10 13/16" (15.5 × 27.5 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ecce homo (plate, folio 28) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 × 7 7/8" (26.7 × 20 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Haifische (plate, folio 81) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 1/4 × 10 7/8" (20.9 × 27.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Genreszene (plate, folio 75) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 × 7 3/16" (26.6 × 18.3 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Richard Wagner-Gedenkblatt (plate, folio 74) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (23.9 × 19.1 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grimmiger Mann (plate, folio 6) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 × 6 7/16" (28 × 16.4 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aus der Jugendzeit (plate, folio 5) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 6 1/8" (27.6 × 15.5 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marseille (plate, folio 8) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 15/16 × 6 15/16" (27.8 × 17.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Schönheitsabend in der Motzstraße (plate, folio 10) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 × 11 3/16" (19.1 × 28.4 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gruß aus Sachsen (plate, folio 7) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 × 7 7/8" (27 × 20 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Friedrichstraße (plate, folio 3) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 6 3/4" (26.1 × 17.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Familie (plate, folio 4) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 6 11/16" (27.6 × 17 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Zu Hause (plate, folio 18) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 9 11/16 × 7 5/8" (24.6 × 19.4 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Hinterbliebene (plate, folio 17) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 15/16 × 7 3/4" (20.2 × 19.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Charakterkopf (plate, folio 19) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 7 11/16" (22.5 × 19.5 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bürgerliche Welt (plate, folio 23) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 10 5/16" (20.7 × 26.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Verlobung (plate, folio 21) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 3/4 × 7 11/16" (22.3 × 19.6 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Louise (plate, folio 25) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 3/4 × 5 7/8" (27.3 × 14.9 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Der Hypochonder Otto Schmalhausen (plate, folio 26) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 × 7 5/8" (28.5 × 19.3 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Nachwuchs (plate, folio 24) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 × 6 15/16" (29 × 17.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Der Besuch (plate, folio 14) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 15/16 × 10 1/8" (20.1 × 25.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Stammtischstudien (plate, folio 13) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 3/4 × 11" (19.7 × 28 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Verzückung (plate, folio 20) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 × 7 3/16" (28.8 × 18.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Melancholie (plate, folio 31) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 3/4 × 7 15/16" (27.3 × 20.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Hahn im Korbe (plate, folio 37) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 11/16 × 7 13/16" (22.1 × 19.9 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Promenade (plate, folio 35) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 7/8 × 8 1/2" (20 × 21.6 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Frühlings Erwachen (plate, folio 32) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 × 7 13/16" (23 × 19.9 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Hausherr (plate, folio 36) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 × 7 15/16" (27 × 20.2 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Die Macht der Musik (plate, folio 39) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 × 6 15/16" (28.2 × 17.7 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lustmord in der Ackerstraße (plate, folio 40) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 7 1/2" (18 × 19 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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Hochfinanz (plate, folio 41) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 8 × 9 3/16" (20.3 × 23.4 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nachts (plate, folio 42) from Ecce Homo

1922 · One from an illustrated book with 100 offset lithograph reproductions

composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 × 7 5/8" (28.2 × 19.4 cm); page (each approx.): 13 11/16 × 9 13/16" (34.8 × 25 cm)

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