The Hero (Der Held) / George Grosz
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1935.20
- Title
- The Hero (Der Held)
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1933
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- New Objectivity
- Inscription
- Signed, on margin: Grosz
- Dimensions
- 32.2 cm x 22.4 cm (12 11/16 in. x 8 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Seated man with disfigured face and amputated lower legs, shabbily dressed, holding a crutch along with a bunch of flowers in his right hand
- Subject Matter
- This study of a disfigured and destitute casualty of the Great War is an example of George Grosz's tendency to use art as indictment against the indifference of the powerful in the face of postwar suffering; the grievously injured veteran who must resort to begging to survive is a type commonly found in the artist's Weimar era work
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 3888
- File Size
- 381 KB
- Record
- 1935.20
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1935.20/1935.20.jpg
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"The Hero (Der Held); George Grosz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1935.20/1935.20.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2025.
