"Professor Freud Gewidmet" George Grosz, ca. 1922

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Seller's Notes: "Professor Freud Gewidmet" ("Dedicated to Professor Freud") by George Grosz, ca. 1922 Materials: Wove Paper Medium: The original was Watercolor, Guache, Ink, this is a reproduction Size: 14" x 18" Framed Rarity: Limited Edition Reproduction, "XI" Lower left Signature: Signed by artist, Lower right corner Origin: Berlin, Germany Certificate of authenticity: Not Included Frame: Professionally framed in gilt and fabric matted under museum glass. Condition: Minor water spot on paper under the mat (lower left). Mat has visible moisture damage on top right and lower half. (See Photos) Details: Attached to back of frame is an original page from Grosz’s "Ecce Homo" (Published in 1923 by Malik-Verlag), which contains 84 offset lithographs and 16 watercolor reproductions, including a reproduction of the listed painting. The book is a vicious satire of post-war German life, with politicians, capitalists, prostitutes, mutilated veterans, beggars, and drunks in various states of despair, lust, and rage. The German government banned it and Grosz was put on trial for public offense. While he was clearly influenced by the Cubist, Bauhaus, and Fauvist movements, in Ecce Homo, Grosz’s raw, angry style is distinctly his own. George Grosz (German, 1893-1959) is perhaps best known for his caustic, politically trenchant watercolors and pen-and-ink caricatures of Weimar Germany. Grosz’s dark, expressive drawings captured political figures and everyday Germans through a style informed by popular illustration and the abstraction of Futurism and Cubism. The artist critiqued the social and political corruption of his day, as well as the rising threat of nationalism. His traumatic experiences of World War I informed his mordant tone.

Brand: Vintage/Antique