The face of the ruling class
(Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse)
1921
Medium
book: 57 line block prints, letterpress text, 63 pages, paper cover, stitched binding
Measurements
25.0 × 17.0 cm irreg. (page) 25.2 × 17.3 × 0.6 cm (closed) 25.2 × 36.7 × 1.0 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
© George Grosz/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Berlin, Germany
Printing/Publishing
published by Der Malik-Verlag, Berlin, 1921
Inscription
printed in red ink on cover l.c. (in image): GEORGE GROSZ / DAS GESICHT DER / HERRSCHENDEN KLASSE / DER MALIK-VERLAG/BERLIN-HALENSEE
printed in ink on page 1 c.: KLEINE REVOLUTIONARE BIBLIOTHEK / HERAUSGEBER: JUIAN GUMPERZ/BAND IV / DAS GESICHT / DER HERRSCHENDEN KLASSE / 57 politische Zeichnungen von / GEORGE GROSZ / III. erweiterte Auflage / 13.-25. Tausend / DER MALIK-VERLAG/BERLIN
printed in ink on page 2 l.c.: copyright November 1921 by DER MALIK-VERLAG/BERLIN
Accession Number
2024.1021
Department
International Prints and Drawings