Streetscene (Strassenszene) / George Grosz
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.60
- Title
- Streetscene (Strassenszene)
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1919-1920
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- New Objectivity
- Inscription
- Signed: Grosz (in German script) Bauhaus Stamp
- Dimensions
- 52.1 cm x 38.4 cm (20 1/2 in. x 15 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- In front, a woman wearing a hat depicted in profile faces to the left with three male figures behind her, one of which, depicted in profile and facing to the right, has the top of his head cut off; the background is comprised of architectural and figural fragments.
- Subject Matter
- Grosz targeted a range of occupational and class types for scathing observation during the early Weimar years. These decidedly ugly denizens of the interwar Berlin street, which typically include pompous industrialists, strutting military leaders, and prostitutes, are often fragmented, truncated, and depicted in outline in cubo-futuristic juxtaposition with architectural fragments and other figures.
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- figures
- groups of people
- groups of people by activity
- landscapes (environments)
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- portraits
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 919 x 1273
- File Size
- 118 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.60
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.60/1948_1.60.jpg
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"Streetscene (Strassenszene); George Grosz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.60/1948_1.60.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
