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Draped Mannequin by George Grosz

Draped Mannequin

George Grosz · 1936

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DETAILS
Artist
George Grosz
Date
1936
Medium
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
63.4 × 48.4 cm (25 × 19 1/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
United States
Credit line
Print and Drawing Club Fund; Robert M. Chase, Sara R. Shorey, and Mr. and Mrs. William McKittrick endowment funds
ART MOVEMENTS
DadaismNeue Sachlichkeit
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THE ARTIST

George Grosz

George Grosz was a German artist renowned for his biting caricatures of Berlin life in the 1920s, capturing the cynicism of the Weimar Republic.

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