Beauty Contest in the Motzstrasse

Prints and Drawings

1918

George Grosz
American, born Germany, 1893-1959

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Artist: George Grosz
Title: Beauty Contest in the Motzstrasse
Origin: Germany
Date: 1918
Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 285 × 424 mm (image); 375 × 494 mm (sheet)
Credit Line: Steuben Memorial Fund
Reference Number: 1936.323

Dückers E 48 trial proof III

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