George Grosz. Let Those Swim Who Can - The Heavy May Sink! (Schwimme, wer schwimmen kann, und wer zu plump ist, geh' unter!) from the portfolio The Robbers (Die Räuber)

George Grosz

Let Those Swim Who Can - The Heavy May Sink! (Schwimme, wer schwimmen kann, und wer zu plump ist, geh' unter!) from the portfolio The Robbers (Die Räuber)

1921, published 1922

Offset lithograph

Not on view

Medium Offset lithograph
Dimensions composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 x 15 1/4" (44.2 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 5/8" (64.4 x 49.8 cm)
Publisher Malik-Verlag, Berlin
Printer Hermann Birkholz , Berlin
Edition 100 (Edition A: 5 on "Japan Bütten" paper issued in half-parchment bound portfolio, numbered 6-10 at the colophon; plus 5 h.c. on "Japan Bütten" paper issued in parchment bound portfolio, numbered 1-5 at the colophon; Edition B: 35 on Zanders "Bütten" paper, issued in half-silk bound portfolio, numbered 11-45 at the colophon; Edition C: 55 on Zanders "Bütten" paper, issued in half-linen bound portfolio, numbered 46-100 at the colophon)
Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Justin K. Thannhauser
Object number 269.1950
Department Drawings and Prints

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