I Will Root up From My Path Whatever Obstructs my Progress Toward Becoming the Master (Act I, scene i)

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Prints and Drawings

1922

George Grosz
American, born Germany, 1893-1959

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Artist: George Grosz
Title: I Will Root up From My Path Whatever Obstructs my Progress Toward Becoming the Master (Act I, scene i)
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1922
Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 58.2 × 44.1 cm (22 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 67.7 × 47.1 cm (26 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Emil Eitel
Reference Number: 1938.135

Dückers M V, 1

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