A Murder / George Grosz

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Accession Number
2007/2.110
Title
A Murder
Artist
George Grosz
Artist Nationality
German
Artist Life Dates
1893-1959
Object Creation Date
1912-1913
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Germany (nation)
Berlin (state)
Berlin
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Germany (nation)
Creation Place 3
Berlin (state)
Creation Place 4
Berlin
Style/Group/Movement
Berlin Dada/ Neue Sachlichkeit
Inscription
Signed in pencil, lower right corner.
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner: bin Mord [kkr: "I am murder"]
Inscribed in pencil, in circle, upper right corner: 5
VERSO. Estate stamp in ink, lower left corner: Geo G. Nachlass
Inscribed in stamp in ink, lower left corner: 3 26 7
Inscribed in pencil, above estate stamp on bottom left: ly Nr 351
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner: 10
Dimensions
19.05 cm x 21.59 cm (7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.)
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
line drawing
Physical Description
Pen and ink drawing of nude woman, presumably dead or in the act of dying, stretched between floor and chair, with a man bending over her head and torso. In interior domestic space.
Subject Matter
A man in the act of, or shortly after, murdering a woman. Man appears to hold a large ax or hatchet near woman's head. The woman is stretched naked along the floor, her feet resting on an armchair, and her head twisted backward, facing left but upside down. A cloth or throw appears draped over her legs. The woman's face has the greatest amount of detail in the drawing, with shading; most other lines are linear strokes and pen and ink hatchings. The man stands bent over the woman, near her head - his face is lowered, his details or physiognomy unknown.
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2279 x 2108
File Size
659 KB
Record
2007/2.110
Link to this Item
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"A Murder; George Grosz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.110/2007_2_110.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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