A Murder / George Grosz
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.110
- Title
- A Murder
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- man
- murders
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by location or context
- women
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2279 x 2108
- File Size
- 659 KB
- Record
- 2007/2.110
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.110/2007_2_110.jpg
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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.