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The Pimps of Death by George Grosz

The Pimps of Death

George Grosz · 1919

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DETAILS
Artist
George Grosz
Date
1919
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image/plate: 38.5 × 30.2 cm (15 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 47.8 × 38.9 cm (18 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Germany
Credit line
Gift of Joseph R. Shapiro
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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