George Grosz
American, born Germany, 1893-1959
Dr. Huelsenbeck Near the End
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George Grosz
American, born Germany, 1893-19591920
Dr. Huelsenbeck Near the End
George Grosz American, born Germany, 1893-1959 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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.
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