Dr. Huelsenbeck Near the End

George GroszWW-1920-135947

1920·Pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper·47.7 × 37.5 cm (18 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Dr. Huelsenbeck near the End is a study for George Grosz’s lithographic portfolio Ecce Homo, published in Berlin in 1922. Judged by some as obscene, Ecce Homo was censored by police officials. The title of this drawing derives from a novel—Dr. Billig near the End—written by the Dadaist Richard Huelsenbeck in 1921. The bald male figure in the foreground of this drawing represents the author Huelsenbeck.

Catalogue

Year: 1920
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 47.7 × 37.5 cm (18 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: George Grosz

Artist

George Grosz

Painting

George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic. He emigrated to the United States in 1933, and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Abandoning the style and subject matter of his earlier work, he exhibited regularly and taught for many years at the Art Students League of New York. In 1959 he returned to Berlin, where he died shortly afterwards.

Berlin, Germany

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