
Newspaper Carrier (Zeitungsträger) from the periodical in portfolio form Die Schaffenden, vol. 4, no. 4
Catalogue
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- composition: 7 7/8 x 8 11/16" (20 x 22 cm); sheet: 12 1/4 x 16 1/8" (31.1 x 40.9 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Georg Scholz
Artist

Painting
Georg Scholz was a German painter and printmaker associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement of the 1920s and 1930s. His works combined sharp linear precision with social commentary, depicting urban scenes, industrial landscapes, and portraits rendered in a coolly detached realist style. Scholz's practice engaged directly with the visual culture and political turbulence of Weimar Germany, employing a restrained palette and geometric composition to expose social hierarchies and economic anxiety.
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- Georg Scholz
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- composition: 7 7/8 x 8 11/16" (20 x 22 cm); sheet: 12 1/4 x 16 1/8" (31.1 x 40.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1921-M061119
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
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