George Grosz (American, born Germany. 1893–1959)

Plate 20 from Ecce Homo

Date:

1922-1923 (reproduced drawings and watercolors executed 1915-22)

Medium:

Illustrated book with one hundred offset lithographs

Dimensions:

page (each approx.): 13 11/16 x 9 13/16" (34.8 x 25 cm); overall: 14 x 10 5/16 x 1 5/16" (35.5 x 26.2 x 3.3 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Malik-Verlag, Berlin

Printer:

Dr. Selle & Co. A.G., Berlin

Edition:

approx. 10,000 in 5 editions (Deluxe portfolio edition A: 50, numbered I-L, including all 100 reproductions of watercolors and drawings, each print signed, issued loose in a silk-covered portfolio box; Deluxe portfolio edition B I: 100, numbered 1-100, including the 16 reproductions of watercolors only, each print signed, issued loose in a half-parchment portfolio; Regular portfolio edition B II: number unknown, including the 16 reproductions of watercolors only, unsigned, issued loose in a "Bütten"-paper covered portfolio; Regular book edition C: approx. 6,000-8,000, including all 100 reproductions of watercolors and drawings, unsigned, issued in a "Bütten"-covered board binding [this ex.]: Regular book edition D: number unknown, including the 84 reproductions of drawings only, unsigned, issued in a chromo board binding)

Credit Line:

The Louis E. Stern Collection

Copyright:

© 2016 Estate of George Grosz

Reference:

Dückers S1, 1-84. Rifkind 952 1-84. Jentsch 141.

MoMA Number:

854.1964.20